Snacks – Merry Heart Crafts

3 cups oats-old fashioned or quick cooking, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/3 cup veg. oil, 1/4 cup honey, 1 tbsp. vanilla extract, 1/3 cup chopped walnuts, 1/3 shredded coconut, 1/3 cup raisins.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients except raisins in a mixing bowl. Spread mixture on a cookie sheet. Bake mixture for 15 min. stirring once in the middle of cooking. Remove granola from oven, stir. Let cool for a few min. Add raisins and stir to combine. When cooled moved to an airtight container.

I got the original recipe for this from theprudenthomemaker.com. I have changed it some to suit our tastes.

4 cups milk (your choice whole-skim)
1/2 cup powdered dry milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 -6 tablespoons sugar (Splenda or honey) = 1/2 cup
1/2 cup yogurt starter (unflavored plain yogurt with active cultures)
Directions:

1
Set 1/2 yogurt starter out to warm to room temperature.
2
Heat the milk to almost a boil.(I like to microwave in a glass bowl for 5 minutes on high then 2 minutes on medium). About 180 degrees. Cool the milk-about 110 degrees- (to a “barely warm”/ babies bath temperature) (cool water bath works well). Add dry milk, vanilla and sweetener of your choice; stir well.
3
Stir in yogurt starter (do not whip but mix very well!).
4
“Cook” the yogurt using your preferred method and time (longer makes a firmer, more tart yogurt. I like to cook about 12 hours). Chill 4 hours before eating.

Microwave Kettle Corn

Serves 1

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. popcorn kernels

2 tsp. oil

1 Tbsp. sugar or sugar substitute

Dash salt

Directions:

Pour the kernels, oil, sugar in a small bowl. Mix until all kernels are well coated with sugar and oil.
Pour the bowl’s contents into the paper bag. Place the bag on a plate and fold the top of the bag over 1″ twice.
Place in the microwave on popcorn setting or for about 1 minute, 45 seconds.
Open slowly and carefully, as steam will be hot. Salt to taste.

I got this recipe from http://content2be.blogspot.com/2011/11/homemade-kettle-corn-in-microwave.html

Category: Snacks

Vanilla Yogurt

Microwave Kettle Corn