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Holiday Granola Recipes

Toffee Candy

Shopping List:
½ cup butter or margarine
¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 cups Nature’s Hand granola
1 cup (6 oz pkg.) chocolate chips

What to do:
In medium saucepan, heat butter and brown sugar until mixture boils; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in granola. Turn onto ungreased baking sheet and press to ¼ inch thickness. Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over top. Place in warm oven a few minutes until chips become glossy. With back of spoon, spread chocolate to frost candy. Refrigerate to set chocolate. Break into pieces.

Holiday Tea Cakes

Shopping List:
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
½ cup powdered sugar
½ teaspoon almond extract
2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ¼ cups Nature’s Hand granola
½ cup chopped candied cherries

What to do:
Cream together butter and powdered sugar. Mix in extract, flour and salt; stir in granola and cherries. Shape into 1-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool slightly; roll in additional powdered sugar. (4 dozen)

Peanut Butter Honeycomb Bars

Shopping List:
½ cup firmly pack brown sugar
½ cup honey
½ cup peanut butter
½ teaspoon vanilla
3 cups Nature’s Hand granola

What to do:
In medium saucepan, combine brown sugar and honey. Heat to boiling; remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Mix in granola just until coated. Turn onto baking sheet or wax paper and pat to ½ inch thickness. Cool completely; cut into bars.

Honey Rum Pie

Shopping List:
1/3 cup butter or margarine
¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 ½ cups Nature’s Hand granola
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons rum or 2 teaspoons rum flavoring
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1 quart French vanilla ice cream

What to do:
In medium saucepan, heat butter and brown sugar until mixture boils. Remove from heat and stir in granola. Reserve about 1/3 cup of mixture; press remaining mixture on bottom and sides of 9 inch pie pan. Cool.

Combine honey, rum and nutmeg. Spoon half of ice cream into pie shell. Drizzle with half of the honey-rum mixture. Top with remaining ice cream; drizzle with remaining honey-rum mixture. Sprinkle with reserved granola mixture. Freeze until served. (9 inch pie)

Cheesy Appetizer Snacks

Shopping List:
¼ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 ½ cups (6 oz) shredded cheddar cheese
½ cup unsifted all purpose or whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Dash Tabasco sauce
½ cup Nature’s Hand granola

What to do:
Combine butter and cheese; mix in remaining ingredients until dough forms. Shape into ½ inch balls and place 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

I desired, shape dough into balls and freeze up to 2 months. Bake frozen balls as directed increasing baking time by 15 minutes.

Spicy Granola Snaps

Shopping List:
¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
¼ cup molasses
1 ¾ cups unsifted flour
2 teaspoons soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cloves
¼ teaspoon ginger
1 ½ cups Nature’s Hand granola

What to do:
Cream together brown sugar and butter. Beat in egg and molasses. Stir in remaining ingredients. Chill dough 1 hour. Shape dough into balls. Roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool a few minutes before removing from pan. (5 dozen cookies)

Pumpkin Pie Squares

Shopping List:
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
¾ cup unsifted all purpose or whole wheat flour
1 cup Nature’s Hand granola
1 can (1 lb) pumpkin
1 can (13 fl. oz.) evaporated milk
2 eggs
¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon ginger
¼ teaspoon cloves

What to do:
Mix brown sugar, butter and flour until crumbly. Stir in granola. Press on bottom of 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, beat together remaining ingredients. Pour over partially baked crust. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool. Serve cut squares topped with whipped cream and additional granola. (12 to 15 servings)