I spent my day off in front of the TV and over the stove. :)
The first thing I made was Puppy Chow, I took a generic recipe and kind of made it my own. Well, actually I just altered the ratio so it was the way I liked it. My version of the recipe is bellow:
about 1 (15 oz) box of cheerios
2 cups chocolate chips (I always use semi-sweet)
1 1/4 cups peanut butter
3 cups powdered sugar
Dump cereal into large bowl and set aside. Melt peanut butter, chocolate and butter together over stove. Pour over cereal and mix well. Let sit in fridge about 20 minutes. Pour cereal mixture into a walmart bag (I usually double bag it just in case). Pour powdered sugar over cereal, tie bag tightly and shake well, until cereal is fully covered. Store in airtight container.
There's granola in the oven right now and tomorrow I'll let you know how it turned out. I love making stuff that's easy to be creative with. The recipe above is great with pretzels and M&Ms added too! And granola is really easy to tweak until you like it. I'm not brave enough to just come up with my own recipes on the spot, so I feel like a real cook when I can make it my own.
