Holiday Tea Cakes...

Shopping List:
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
½ cup powdered sugar
½ teaspoon almond extract
2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ¼ cups Nature’s Hand granola
½ cup chopped candied cherries

What to do:
Cream together butter and powdered sugar. Mix in extract, flour and salt; stir in granola and cherries. Shape into 1-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes or until set but not brown. Cool slightly; roll in additional powdered sugar. (4 dozen)

Peanut Butter Honeycomb Bars...

Shopping List:
½ cup firmly pack brown sugar
½ cup honey
½ cup peanut butter
½ teaspoon vanilla
3 cups Nature’s Hand granola

What to do:
In medium saucepan, combine brown sugar and honey. Heat to boiling; remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Mix in granola just until coated. Turn onto baking sheet or wax paper and pat to ½ inch thickness. Cool completely; cut into bars.

Honey Rum Pie...

Shopping List:
1/3 cup butter or margarine
¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 ½ cups Nature’s Hand granola
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons rum or 2 teaspoons rum flavoring
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1 quart French vanilla ice cream

What to do:
In medium saucepan, heat butter and brown sugar until mixture boils. Remove from heat and stir in granola. Reserve about 1/3 cup of mixture; press remaining mixture on bottom and sides of 9 inch pie pan. Cool.

Combine honey, rum and nutmeg. Spoon half of ice cream into pie shell. Drizzle with half of the honey-rum mixture. Top with remaining ice cream; drizzle with remaining honey-rum mixture. Sprinkle with reserved granola mixture. Freeze until served. (9 inch pie)

Cheesy Appetizer Sticks...

Shopping List:
¼ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 ½ cups (6 oz) shredded cheddar cheese
½ cup unsifted all purpose or whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Dash Tabasco sauce
½ cup Nature’s Hand granola

What to do:
Combine butter and cheese; mix in remaining ingredients until dough forms. Shape into ½ inch balls and place 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

If desired, shape dough into balls and freeze up to 2 months. Bake frozen balls as directed increasing baking time by 15 minutes.

Spicy Granola Snaps...

Shopping List:
¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
¼ cup molasses
1 ¾ cups unsifted flour
2 teaspoons soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cloves
¼ teaspoon ginger
1 ½ cups Nature’s Hand granola

What to do:
Cream together brown sugar and butter. Beat in egg and molasses. Stir in remaining ingredients. Chill dough 1 hour. Shape dough into balls. Roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool a few minutes before removing from pan. (5 dozen cookies)