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[QUOTE="Smoke, post: 36786, member: 2896"]
I want to bake my own granola.  What I find in local stores either has ingredients I don't want or is not crunchy.

I've had some success with this simple recipe:

3 1/2 cu oats
1/2 cu sweetened condensed milk
1 tbs vanilla
1/4 cu oil
Bake at 325 for 15 min & stir, 12 min & stir, 8 min and cool.
This comes out mostly crunchy but not entirely.

I want to start turning out batches that use the entire package of oats - 7 1/2 cu.
The can of milk holds 1 1/3 cu.

I tried a batch using one pkg of oats and a can of milk, along with 2/3 cu oil and 3 tbs vanilla.  The bake times were 20/15/10/10 and cool, stiring between sessions in the oven.

The granola never got dried out or the least bit crunchy.

I tried a second batch with the same ingredients but 12/10/10/10/10 bake times and it was more chewy.

I used the same size cookie sheet for all the batches, so the large batch is twice as deep in the pan.

What should I experiement with changing?  The amount of oil or milk?  Baking times?  Two pans so the mix is more shallow?

I know I would figure this out eventually, but would like to have some idea where to change the experiment.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks
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