Granola

Ingredients

• 4 cups old fashioned oats
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup chocolate chips*
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup honey

Preparation

1. 1. Preheat oven to 325 F.
2. 2. Combine the first 6 ingredients in a bowl.
3. 3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients.
4. 4. Pour the wet ingredients over the oat mixture and stir to combine.
5. 5. Place granola mixture on a parchment lined baking sheet and shape into a rectangle, about 13 x 9 x 1 inch thick.
6. 6. Bake for 40 minutes.
7. 7. Allow to cool completely then cut into 3 x 1 inch bars.**
9. * You can substitute raisins or other dried fruit for the chocolate chips.
10. ** Individually wrapped, the bars will remain fresh for several weeks.

Notes:  I halved the recipe. Parchment paper is mandatory.  Cooked 40 towards the bottom of the oven and I think they were overcooked- Dean and Kenny didn't think so, but I think they could have been a little less crunchy and a bit chewier.

Candy's candied sweet potatoes

Candace's step by step process:

-wash and boil sweet potatoes in a big pot of water until tender but NOT mushy; you should be able to just pierce with a knife, but you don't want them to fall apart. should still hold their shape and be able to cut into slices

- drain in colander and let cool until cool enough to touch (can put in fridge)

- peel skin off using knife; most will sort of slip right off

- slice into lengthwise pieces

- butter the bottom of a foil pan or cookie sheet and arrange slices in single later (can overlap a bit)

- put a small pat of butter on each slice (i usually cut a stick of butter in quarters lengthwise, and then cut crosswise; you end up with small cubes)

- sprinkle or spoon a bit of brown sugar on each slice-- maybe ~1 tsp on each slice? more for bigger ones?

- drizzle maple syrup over all potatoes, but not completely drenched.

-bake in 350 oven until everything is melted and looks caramelized (never know how long this is, since we are usually baking in an oven that has other stuff in it on Thanksgiving.. probably 30 mins?)
- you could turn on the broiler for a bit at the end if you really want to brown them up.