Granola is delicious. Homemade granola is even better, and it costs next to nothing to make. For about $2, you can have 2-3 boxes worth of store bought granola. And, it's incredibly hard to mess up.
Here's your recipe:
Preheat the oven to 350F & butter/grease a 9x13 baking dish
In a large bowl combine:
10c outmeal
1c wheat germ
1/2c flax seed
3 Tbs cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp allspice
Mix thoroughly.
In a small saucepan combine:
1 stick/c butter
1 1/2 c brown sugar (you could do less if you wanted less sweet granola)
1/4 c honey
2 tsp vanilla (the vanilla will cause the mixture to bubble a bit, so be sure you're using a big enough saucepan, or have a spoon ready to stir)
Heat, stirring often, until ingredients are melted into a thick syrup. Pour over dry ingredients. Stir thoroughly until the dry ingredients are equally coated with the sauce.
Pour into a buttered 9x13 baking dish. Place in the oven, towards the middle of the oven, for 45 min - stirring every 15 min. If the granola starts to look too brown, or burn on the bottom, turn down the heat or remove the granola from the oven.
Let the granola cool completely before transferring to an airtight container.
Note: if you want chunkier granola, don't stir at all after removing from the oven after baking. Let cool completely, then break apart as you transfer to a container/ziploc bag. If you want un-chunky (smooth?) granola - stir thoroughly during the cooling process.
Serving suggestions:
With milk
With yogurt and fresh fruit (my kiddos favorite)
Variations:
Add dried fruits or nuts before or after the baking process
Add any dried flour/grain with the dry ingredients/in place of some of the dried ingredients- flaxseed, wheat germ, wheat bran, bran flakes, leftover cornflakes, crushed Weetabix. The beautiful thing about granola is you can switch out/add ingredients without much cause for alarm or fear of disaster. I often finish up all those annoying bits of leftover cereals (even raisin bran and rice crispies) in my granola - really the sauce is the most important bit. And with enough cinnamon, honey, and butter - who can go wrong?!
If you come up with a great variation, I'd love to hear about it!
Enjoy :)
Here's your recipe:
Homemade Granola
Preheat the oven to 350F & butter/grease a 9x13 baking dish
In a large bowl combine:
10c outmeal
1c wheat germ
1/2c flax seed
3 Tbs cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp allspice
Mix thoroughly.
In a small saucepan combine:
1 stick/c butter
1 1/2 c brown sugar (you could do less if you wanted less sweet granola)
1/4 c honey
2 tsp vanilla (the vanilla will cause the mixture to bubble a bit, so be sure you're using a big enough saucepan, or have a spoon ready to stir)
Heat, stirring often, until ingredients are melted into a thick syrup. Pour over dry ingredients. Stir thoroughly until the dry ingredients are equally coated with the sauce.
Pour into a buttered 9x13 baking dish. Place in the oven, towards the middle of the oven, for 45 min - stirring every 15 min. If the granola starts to look too brown, or burn on the bottom, turn down the heat or remove the granola from the oven.
Let the granola cool completely before transferring to an airtight container.
Note: if you want chunkier granola, don't stir at all after removing from the oven after baking. Let cool completely, then break apart as you transfer to a container/ziploc bag. If you want un-chunky (smooth?) granola - stir thoroughly during the cooling process.
Serving suggestions:
With milk
With yogurt and fresh fruit (my kiddos favorite)
Variations:
Add dried fruits or nuts before or after the baking process
Add any dried flour/grain with the dry ingredients/in place of some of the dried ingredients- flaxseed, wheat germ, wheat bran, bran flakes, leftover cornflakes, crushed Weetabix. The beautiful thing about granola is you can switch out/add ingredients without much cause for alarm or fear of disaster. I often finish up all those annoying bits of leftover cereals (even raisin bran and rice crispies) in my granola - really the sauce is the most important bit. And with enough cinnamon, honey, and butter - who can go wrong?!
If you come up with a great variation, I'd love to hear about it!
Enjoy :)
This is a personal favorite :) worth making all the time!!
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