Homemade Gifts – Christmas Granola Recipe

Homemade gifts are awesome for teachers, neighbors, moms of your kid’s friends, relatives, or really anyone on your list that you want to add that personal touch. I’m going to be sharing my 12 Days of Christmas Gifts – featuring 12 easy gift ideas including: soup, pancakes, cookies, bath salts and, obviously, this Christmas Granola Recipe. I’ve been craving granola all week, and happened to have what I needed to make it! How nice is that? I bet you have a lot of this in your pantry at home, too! And, you can even get your kids involved – I barely lifted a finger and made them the chefs – and they loved it.

Speaking of your pantry, granola is really adaptable – want to throw in shredded coconut? Go for it! Only have semi-sweet chocolate chips – sounds great! Want to add some cinnamon? Hey, you’re the one cooking, sounds great. This is just what I wanted and I was feeling a bit plain. Next time, I’m definitely using pistachios (thanks for the idea earlier, Ali!) and I’ll throw in a bit of orange zest, since it’s one of my favorite flavors this time of year. 

Christmas Granola Mix Recipe

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Ingredients

1. 4 Cups Old Fashioned Oats
2. 1 Cup Honey Crunch Wheat Germ
3. 1 Cup Almonds (seriously, try pistachios if you like them!)
4. 1/2 Stick Butter
5. 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar (I had to make some with white sugar and molasses)
6. 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
7. 1 Cup Dried Cranberries
8. 1/2 Cup White Chocolate Chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees
2. Mix nuts, oats and wheat germ in big bowl
3. Melt butter on low in small saucepan
4. Add sugar and dissolve
5. Take off heat and stir in vanilla
6. Pour over dry mix and mix
7. Pour onto parchment papered baking sheet
8. Bake for 1 hour, stirring occasionally
9. Remove from oven and let sit

For jar gifts

1. Add 1/3 Cup of mix to a pint sized mason jar first
2. Add thin layer of chocolate chips
3. Add thin layer of dried cranberries
4. Add thin layer of granola mix
5. Add thin layer of dried cranberries
6. Add 1/3 Cup of granola mix to top

Notes

1. Tip: Use a canning funnel to pour in layers
2. Tip: Swirl jar, keeping the jar on the table between layers to spread each layer evenly

By The Realistic Housewife

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