Crunchy Sugar Free Granola Food

CRUNCHY SUGAR-FREE GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine oats, almonds, coconut, sesame seeds, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
• Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Beat in vanilla extract. Fold egg whites into the oat mixture. Spread on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven, stirring every 20 minutes, until granola is crispy, about 1 hour.

SUGAR FREE GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Mix together in a large bowl the oats and coconut till incorporated.
• In separate bowl mix together melted butter, sugar free honey, vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
• Pour honey mixture over dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. (if your going to add nuts, add them at this time).
• Spread mixture evenly onto a large cookie sheet that has shallow sides. (make sure the mix is spread evenly and goes to the sides all the way around.
• Bake for 15 minutes in oven. You want to bake the mixture till it gets golden brown all over. The sides will start to darken before the middle.
• After 15 minutes take out of oven and stir well. put back in oven and watch carefully as it will darken fast. I generally cook mine about 20-25 minutes.
• Take out of oven when the granola is golden brown. The mixture will appear wet and you will think it's not done, but as the granola cools it gets crunchy.
• While the mixture is cooling on the baking sheet, I add the 2 cups of dried fruit and mix it well. The heat will help the fruit release some of it's natural flavors without drying it out. I have tried baking the granola with the fruit and found cranberries especially get a little too hard.
• After about an hour the granola will be crunchy and ready to eat! I love to sprinkle on the top of my yogurt, eat as a cereal or just eat plain out of the bag!
• Since you can use so many different types of dried fruit, the combination are endless. My son likes to add M&M's to his, but then it's not so sugar free, but it's still good!

CRUNCHY GRANOLA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 275 degrees F.
• Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Combine brown sugar and water in a 4 cup microwave proof cup.
• Microwave on high 5 minutes until sugar is completely dissolved.
• Remove from microwave and stir in vanilla and salt.
• In large mixing bowl, mix oats, nuts, and brown sugar mixture.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Spread onto cookie sheets and bake 45 minutes-1 hour until golden brown.
• When granola has cooled completely, add fruits if you wish and store in airtight container.