Granola
This homemade granola is delicious on yogurt, with milk, or just plain!
Granola
This makes approximately 5 cups of granola.
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Ingredients
Sauce:
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
Granola:
- 4 cups rolled oats
- ¼ cup slivered almonds
- ¼ cup sunflower seeds
- ¼ cup shredded coconut
- ½ cup dried fruit (optional)
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, combine all the oats, nuts, seeds, etc except for the dried fruit (they will burn if you add them before baking). Set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 300°.
- In a saucepan, melt the butter, sugar, and water together.
- Stir it well and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Stir the salt and vanilla in then pour it over the oatmeal/nut mixture and stir until everything is moistened.
- Spread the granola evenly on sheet pans with sides.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes or so. Bake until it is golden brown (be careful not to let it burn – it will harden up as it cools).
- When finished, remove from the oven and allow it to cool on the pans.
- When it is cool, break it up into small pieces and transfer it to an air-tight container.*Add the dry fruit when you put the granola in the canister.
Notes:
Granola is very versatile – you can add more types of nuts, seeds, or fruit. Just keep the total amount about the same so there is enough sauce.
*Make sure to not add the fruit until after the granola is baked because it will burn in the oven.
Diet: Gluten Free
This is really good. I tried it with quick oats, but regular rolled oats are much better – otherwise it’s kind of crumbly and the texture isn’t right.
I substituted honey for the sugar, but it seems like it might need more honey/butter/water. It wasn’t as moist. It should be completely saturated in the syrup before baking. If it’s already a little dry-looking before baking, it will be completely dry by the time it’s done baking.
It’s also a little bit darker tasting because of the honey, but still very good.
It works really well to use rice krispies as a substitute for nuts. If you do that, you want to wait to put the rice krispies in until the last 10 minutes of baking.