Goodness from Rachel Hiatt

Sorry it's been a while since there have been any posts. I've been in and out of town and I guess the combination of business and feeling out of touch with our Relief Society has led to less posting. Hopefully these recipes will make up for it.

Rachel Hiatt has shared her crock pot oatmeal and granola recipes. She gave me the original recipes that inspired her versions and then her version as well. She said that she never really fully follows a recipe and it must be working because she's gotten so many requests for the recipes. Here they are.

“Set for Life” Granola
4 c. old-fashioned oats
2 c. rolled wheat
1 c. oat or wheat bran
1 c. whole wheat flour
½ c. dry milk
½ ts. salt
½ to 1 c. sunflower seeds
1 to 2 c. slivered almonds
12 oz. can frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
1 ts. vanilla
2 c. dried fruit, chopped

Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix apple juice concentrate and vanilla. Pour over dry ingredients and stir until well mixed. Spread mixture on large baking sheet in a thin layer. Bake in a 200* oven until golden and almost dry, about 1 ½ to 2 hours. For chunky granola, don’t stir while baking. Break into bite size pieces and add dried fruit. Store in an airtight container.

Rachel’s Granola
6 c. oats or 6-grain cereal or combination of both
1 c. flour or bran
½ c. dry milk
½ ts. salt
12 oz. can frozen apple-raspberry juice concentrate, thawed
1 tb. vanilla
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix apple juice concentrate and vanilla. Pour over dry ingredients and stir until well mixed. Spread mixture on large baking sheet in a thin layer. Bake in a 200* oven until golden and almost dry, about 1 ½ to 2 hours. Generally it isn’t chunky, even if you don’t stir. I am thinking about adding ½ c. honey to the juice to see if that would make it chunky.
I add dried or fresh fruit to my bowl of granola, then I can choose what kind of fruit I want.

Overnight Oatmeal (Alton Brown)
1 c. steel cut oats
1 c. dried cranberries
1 c. dried figs
4 c. water
½ c. half and half
Combine ingredients in crockpot and set to low heat. Let cook for 8-9 hours.

Rachel’s Crockpot Oatmeal
½ c. steel cut oats or 9-grain cereal
1 ½ c. water
3 tbs. milk
2 tbs. cream or half and half
Combine ingredients in crockpot and set to low heat. Let cook for 7-8 hours. You can increase or decrease the liquids to make it thicker or thinner as you like. I confess, I just pour in a little milk and then add a little less in cream. Adding dried fruit means adding more liquid as well. Usually there is a film on the surface that I stir in as soon as I get up and it’s mostly gone by the time we eat.