homemade holiday goods: food edition

i try to do some sort of homemade food with our gifts each year. this year we tried granola in the crockpot! i combined these two recipes and it turned out very good (i thought!)

this is what i did:

• 1 container (16-ounce) old-fashioned oats
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• 8 ounce sliced almonds
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• 1 cup dried
• cranberries
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• 1 cup dried raisins
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• 1 cup light-brown sugar
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• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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• 1/2 teaspoon salt
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• 1 1/2 stick(s) unsalted butter
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• 1/2 cup(s) honey

melt butter and add all ingredients into crockpot. mix well. turn crockpot on high and cook covered (vent lid w/ chopstick) for about 3 1/2 hours stirring often. the longer it's in there the more you should stir so it won't burn.

i added a lot of butter because i wanted it to be more of a clumpy snack granola rather than a lose cereal kind. even with 1 cup of butter it wasn't as clumpy as i would have liked. you really can add any kind of nuts or dried fruit you'd like, it will all work!

overall super easy & the kids loved helping.... we plan on doing this treat again!