Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, granola. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Granola is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Granola is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Granola is a breakfast food and snack food consisting of rolled oats, nuts, honey or other sweeteners such as brown sugar, and sometimes puffed rice, that is usually baked until it is crisp. I'm going to be honest with you - I didn't start making making granola because it's healthier than store bought. I started because it's cheaper and and I can control how.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook granola using 22 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Granola:
- Take "dry ingredients"
- Prepare 7 cups old fashioned oats
- Take 1 cup wheat bran
- Get 1 cup flax meal
- Take "flavorings"
- Take 1/4 cup canola, coconut or olive oil
- Take 1/4 cup applesauce
- Get 1/2 cup brown or raw sugar
- Make ready 1/2 cup honey or agave
- Take 1/2 cup water
- Make ready 2 teaspoons turmeric
- Prepare 1 tablespoon vanilla, maple or almond extract
- Make ready 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
- Prepare "nuts, seeds & fruits"
- Take 1 cup broken walnuts
- Make ready 1 cup broken pecans
- Get 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds
- Make ready 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
- Make ready 1 cup chopped dates
- Take 1 cup raisins or dried cranberries
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Instructions to make Granola:
- Preheat oven to 275° F or 135° C
- Mix oats, bran & flax in a large roasting pan.
- Whisk the "flavorings" together and then drizzle over the oat mixture. Stir until evenly moist.
- Bake for 1-1/2 hours – stirring every 15 minutes.
- After the third stirring, add the "nuts, seeds & fruits".
- Bake for an additional 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
- NOTE: I have experimented with the balance and quantities of the fats and sugars. As I reduced the fat, the texture went from crunchy to chewy. I did not have success with less than 1/4 cup of fat. I have also sometimes replaced the more processed sugars with unsweetened frozen juice concentrate.
- Serving size - 1/4 cup
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