What is wrong with my Granola? PLEASE HELP!!!!

[cin]

EVERY time I try to make granola it BURNS. This last batch was suppose to cook for 2 hours at 250 degrees. At 90 minutes it started smelling bad. I went in and when I opened the oven it was BURNT. The edges are crispy. I've used metal and stoneware cookie sheets. I am at a total loss.

 

If any of you have a tried and true recipe or further cooking instructions I would SOOO MUCH appreciate it. Buying the ingredients over and over again gets expensive!!!

 

TIA

 

ETA I did rotate/stir it halfway through, as directed

[KS_]

I haven't made granola for years, but I do remember that the recipe I had called for stirring the granola every so often (like every 10-15 minutes). . . maybe you need to stir it more often?

[Lostinabook]

Hmmm, not sure. Maybe you need to stir it more frequently?

 

Here's the recipe I use. It's super easy & involves much less oven time!

 

Lazy Granola

 

Mix 1/2 cup each of brown sugar, oil, and honey in a saucepan.

 

Bring to a low boil.

 

Add 1 tsp. cinnamon and 2 tsp. vanilla.

 

Pour over 7 cups of oats in a large pan.

 

Stir until coated.

 

Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.

 

Take out and stir. Put pan back in oven, turn off, and go to bed.

[Adrianne]

EVERY time I try to make granola it BURNS. This last batch was suppose to cook for 2 hours at 250 degrees. At 90 minutes it started smelling bad. I went in and when I opened the oven it was BURNT. The edges are crispy. I've used metal and stoneware cookie sheets. I am at a total loss.

 

If any of you have a tried and true recipe or further cooking instructions I would SOOO MUCH appreciate it. Buying the ingredients over and over again gets expensive!!!

 

TIA

 

ETA I did rotate/stir it halfway through, as directed

 

I cook mine for about 30 minutes (depending on amount) stirring every 10 to 15 mins in a slow oven (300?). I think stirring is the key.

 

Let me know if you need a recipe. I can give you mine.

[Vida Winter]

Stir more often, and use less honey. More brown sugar is ok to make up for the honey if you wish. Honey burns at a much lower temp than other sugars. I like to stir mine every 10 or 15 minutes. I make huge batches and the pans are filled pretty deep so I need to stir a lot.

[woolybear]

Yes, stir now and then. I'd say bake @ 350 about 1/2 hr. I do approximately :

 

4 C. oats

1/4 c. oil

1/4 c.molasses

1/4 c. honey

[tinag]

Yes, stir now and then. I'd say bake @ 350 about 1/2 hr. I do approximately :

 

4 C. oats

1/4 c. oil

1/4 c.molasses

1/4 c. honey

 

This is what I do also. 30 minutes max.