Homemade Breakfast Cereal

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups whole-wheat flour or 6 cups spelt flour, freshly ground
• 3 cups whole milk, preferably raw
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup homemade whey
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 cup coconut oil or 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon pure maple flavoring

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, mix flour with milk, water, and whey.
• 2 cover and leave at room temperature overnight.
• 3 in the morning, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and add remaining ingredients and more water if needed to make pourable batter.
• 4 prepare two 9-by-13-inch baking pans with coconut oil and pour half the batter into each.
• 5 bake for 30-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 6 remove from the oven and lower temp to 200 degrees.
• 7 allow cereal to cool and crumble onto baking sheets.
• 8 bake until completely dry and hard, about 1 hour.
• 9 to get a uniform size, process briefly in batches in food processor.
• 10 store in air tight containers at room temperature.
• 11 serve with raw half and half or cream diluted with some water.
• 12 allow cereal to soften slightly before eating.