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We love granola at our house. Buying the more natural brands at the store is costly and they still have added sugar and fat.  I think this is a pretty good compromise. Home-made with love and goodness.  We gave this out for christmas gifts and had people thanking us for the recipe, so it must be edible!

 

Mix Dry Ingredients.

 

 

Add wet ingredients.

 

 

Spread in Pan.

 

 

Bake and enjoy.  We ate it this morning with yogurt and bananas.  

You could also:

• Eat as cereal with milk
• Snack right out of the container
• Top ice cream or smoothies

The Recipe
(from the Family Fun Cookbook)

• 4 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup wheat germ
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or slivered almonds
• 1/2 cup sesame seeds
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/3 cup water
• 6 oz. dried fruit

1. Heat oven to 300.  In large bowl, stir together the dry ingredients(oats through salt).
2. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add oil, honey, water.
3. Toss mixture until well combined, then spread evenly in large baking pan.
4. Bake for 40 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring every 10 minutes.  Let cool completely then add dried fruit.

Aimee’s Notes: The recipe is flexible to what you have in the house.  Today I used wheat bran instead of wheat germ, skipped the poppyseeds, and added an extra teaspoon of cinnamon.  I’ve tried other granola recipes and I like the slow cooked nature of this recipe.  With higher temp and shorter cook time, I was always burning part of the granola.  I use foil and a little cooking spray to making cleaning the pans an easy chore. We love craisins or tart cherries in our granola, but any dried fruit you have on hand will do.

Doubling the recipe: When I double the recipe, I use two baking pans and put them on two racks and alternate which rack the pans are on each time I pull them out to stir.  Easy to double.

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