Granola recipe?

butterflylover527

I've decided to make my own granola to *hopefully* cut out some sugar. And I'm bored so why NOT make some granola?

I thought about just looking up a recipe but I trust you guys more lol

butterflylover527

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MostlyWater

Granola/trail mix to eat with yogurt or milk
This recipe is a conglomeration of several Spark People recipes but the final is truly my own and I am VERY proud of my homemade granola - which my coworkers disdainfully call Sara's Crumbs.

The Base:
3 - 6 cups
Oats (instant don't have to be baked) or crunched up cookies or macaroons or cereal that's going stale or crunched up granola bars; I've also used premade plain granola and added ingredients below to make it healthier

1 - 3 cups:
ground flax seeds, toasted wheat germ, (unsalted) toasted or plain crunched up nuts, seeds (sesame, pumpkin, sunflower, chia), bran, millet, non fat dried milk, protein powder (any flavor); you don't have to use all of these

The Goodie:
Use one or more to suit yourself:
up to 3/4 cup dried fruit
up to 1 1/2 cup mini choc chips or mini pb chips
up to one cup coconut

The Sweetener:
Use one or two from list:
1/2 to 3/ cup maple syrup
up to 1/3 cup honey
1 to 4 tsp vanilla
up to half a cup brown sugar (light or dark)
up to 1/4 cup brown rice syrup
1/2 T Stevia
up to 1/4 cup agave nectar
(I don't use any if I'm not baking it)

The Spice:
1/8 tsp to 4 tsp mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves
(I don't add this if I'm not baking it, but you do what you like)

The Fat:
Optional if your other ingredients are wet enough:
0 to 1/4 cup oil, water or orange juice
(I don't add this if I'm not baking it)

If you are using the raw oats, you'll want to mix everything (but the dried fruit and choc chips) and bake at 250 for about half an hour, stirring every 10 minutes. (Everything else you are using is really precooked or you can eat it raw.)

You can toast up to 2 cups of oats in a 9 inch glass plate, on High, for 4-6 minutes, stirring every minute, until golden.

If you are just combing (pretoasted) ingredients, you can toss into zippy bag,shake, and portion out as needed. I keep mine in the fridge or freezer (since the flax and wheat germ will go bad rapidly).

Enjoy it !

sewerchick93

Here's my recipe:

4 cups oats
1 1/2 cups sliced almonds
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup honey
1 1/2 cup craisins/raisins ( I mix the two)

combine the dry ingredients minus the craisins
heat the oil and honey together until mixed and whisk in the vanilla
pour over the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly, I use my hands to get it all evenly coated.

Put into a shallow baking dish and bake at 300 degrees for 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
When you remove it from the oven, then add the craisins and let cool

butterflylover527

Both look good!!! But more recipies would be awesome so I can test them all

butterflylover527

melsinct

I made this one from Health magazine (as part of a parfait recipe) this weekend:

1 c rolled oats
1/2 c brown sugar
4 T (1/2 stick) butter or 1/4 c of whatever fat you like
1/3 cup of pepitas (raw green pumpkin seeds)
1/2 cup of chopped pecans (I used walnuts)

Melt butter (or warm oil) and brown sugar in saucepan over medium heat, stirring until smooth. Once smooth, take off heat and add remaining ingredients and stir well. Coat an 8x8 glass baking dish with cooking spray then spread/pat mixture in. Pop in a preheated 400 degree oven for 20-25 minutes until light brown. Let cool completely then break into pieces.

You can use any seed or nuts you like and next time I would cut back on the sugar. The amount of sugar they list is good for parfaits since you have tangy plain Greek yogurt with it but for snacking otherwise, it's too much for my taste. The way I did it, it worked out to:

Per one ounce portion, 139 calories, 14 carbs, 9 g fat, 3 g protein, 1 g fiber

butterflylover527

mmm, looks yummy too!!

I would still love more lol