Hello! This a guest post by Miss S (the eldest), because my mother is too lazy stressed these days to write all of the time (she does have four kids now, you know). So here I am, enlisted as an assistant blog-writer, talking to you today about what was my idea in the first place (ahem!): making your own cereal.
It's extremely tasty (the whole jar is usually empty by the end of the week, but then we all love it), cheap, and actually quite easy to do! Needless to say, perhaps, I was ecstatic when my mother was convinced enough by its yummy good points to continue to make it. Well, enough of introductions. Let me give you the recipe and let you go on your merry way!
Stir your oatmeal, salt, and additives around a bit with lovely wooden spoon. (Don't stir for pictures, though.)
We used honey and oil here, but agave nectar and peanut butter (or almond butter, or cashew butter, or...) also make amazing choices. Or any combo of 1/2 c. sweetener/ 1/2 c. oil.
Now, the last, and most important steps of the recipe: set your handy timer to 15 minutes, set your handy oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit, and push in your pan.
Wait for the 15 minutes, take out the pan, stir, and put it back in for 15 minutes. Do this on repeat until your cereal is a toasty golden brown and smells rather heavenly.
Store in a pretty jar with a tight seal. Set yourself down with some milk, bowl, and spoon. Take a whiff of homemade cereal goodness. Be proud of your accomplishment as you eat the breakfast that you just made.
It's extremely tasty (the whole jar is usually empty by the end of the week, but then we all love it), cheap, and actually quite easy to do! Needless to say, perhaps, I was ecstatic when my mother was convinced enough by its yummy good points to continue to make it. Well, enough of introductions. Let me give you the recipe and let you go on your merry way!
So, the basic ingredients for our cereal are really quite simple:
Oatmeal, oil, salt, and a sweetener [here, honey] (pictured).
Additions can be chosen based on your own taste preferences.
Our family likes cranberries, coconut shavings, pumpkin seeds, banana chips, and pecans (also pictured).
Basically, you'll add 6 cups of oatmeal to a long baking pan, 1 tsp. of salt (in our case, sea salt; you may have to add more salt if you don't use sea salt), and 1/2 c. each of any extra additives you desire.
(If you want suggestions, then I'd have to say that raisins, orange peel, walnuts, sunflower seeds, wheat germ, dried dates; really, any type of chopped, dried fruit or nut would be delicious!).
Now add 1/2 c. of vegetable oil, or melted coconut oil.
Then, a 1/2 c. of your favourite sweetener.
Stir in slowly, and pose as before.
Ta-da! Your freshly-stirred cereal.
Now, the last, and most important steps of the recipe: set your handy timer to 15 minutes, set your handy oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit, and push in your pan.
Wait for the 15 minutes, take out the pan, stir, and put it back in for 15 minutes. Do this on repeat until your cereal is a toasty golden brown and smells rather heavenly.
Et voila!
Store in a pretty jar with a tight seal. Set yourself down with some milk, bowl, and spoon. Take a whiff of homemade cereal goodness. Be proud of your accomplishment as you eat the breakfast that you just made.
That's all, folks! Thanks for putting up with my newbie guest post. I hope that this may have convinced some of you out there of how simple it can be to do something good for your tummy and your taste buds.
Have a lovely day, y'all!
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