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The Best Healthy Homemade Granola Recipes
Chewy Granola Bars, and How to Make Granola
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Our Easy and Healthy
Homemade Granola Recipe
Ingredients (Serves 30)
Time: 30 minutes
7 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup canola oil or coconut oil
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup maple syrup (the higher the grade the better)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup whole almonds
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup sunflower seeds
Shredded coconut (to taste)
Craisins (to taste)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line two large baking sheets with baking parchment paper or aluminum foil.
In a large mixing bowl, add the rolled oats and set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, add the oil, brown sugar, syrup, salt, almonds, walnuts, and sunflower seeds. Mix thoroughly. Pour the syrup mixture over the rolled oats and mix thoroughly until everything is well coated.
Spread granola mixture evenly onto prepared baking sheets. Place in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent burning. Sprinkle shredded coconut across the top of the granola the last 10 minutes of baking. Remove from oven, stir in cranberries, and allow to cool. Store in an airtight container.
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How to Make Granola
These tips and techniques will make you a master granola maker in no time:
Homemade Granola is very adaptable and while not as expensive as store bought it can
be quite expensive depending on your ingredients. So adjust each recipe according to your taste and budget. Common granola
recipe ingredients include:
Base - regular rolled oats
Binding Agents - maple syrup, honey, brown sugar, oil (canola, vegetable, or coconut)
Nuts - almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts, peanuts
Seeds - sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, ground flax seeds (particularly in recipes for healthy granola)
Dried Fruit - raisins, cranberries, craisins, apples, bananas, apricots
Other - coconut flakes, mini chocolate chips, peanut butter
A pinch of salt is important to balance all the flavors.
Bake at 320 degrees F or lower to control chewiness and avoid burning. Stir occasionally. Don't expect the granola to harden and clump while cooking,
this happens while cooling.
Use a large enough baking sheet or multiple sheets so that everything lays flat for even toasting. Otherwise top pieces will burn.
How to make granola healthy? Just make these replacements/additions:
Coconut oil for regular oil
Applesauce for half of the oil
Ground flaxseed, tasteless but full of added health benefits (add after baking because cooking reduces health benefits)
All Bran
Wheat Germ
Store in an airtight container or ziplock bag to maintain freshness and texture.
A little goes a long way with this granola recipe so eat it sparingly as a cereal, snack on it straight, or mix it with yogurt.
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