Slow-Cooker Granola

10 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
  • 1 cup slivered almonds
  • 3/4 cup coconut flakes
  • 1/3 cup wheat germ
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup frozen apple juice concentrate (thawed)
  • 1 tablespoon Splenda brown sugar blend or 2 tablespoons regular brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 6 ounces dried cranberries

Directions

  1. 1
    In your slow-cooker [crockpot], stir together the oats, almonds, coconut, and wheat germ.
  2. 2
    In a seperate microwaveable bowl, mix honey, apple juice concentrate, br. sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Microwave for one minute.
  3. 3
    Pour the liquid into the slow cooker and stir until evenly coated.
  4. 4
    Cook for one hour on high, UNCOVERED.
  5. 5
    Then cook four hours on low, COVERED.
  6. 6
    Periodically, stir the granola. It will be a nice toasted-brown color.
  7. 7
    When done, stir in the cranberries. PLEASE, DO NOT ADD THE CRANBERRIES EARLIER! if they cook in the crockpot with everything else, it will burn and became a huge mess. [I'm speaking from experience here.]
  8. 8
    Store in an airtight container.
  9. 9
    It should yield approximately ten 1/2C servings.

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