Recipe: Perfect Homemade Granola

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Homemade Granola. Homemade granola, with toasted almonds, coconut, and oats, is perfect for sprinkling on yogurt or just snacking on by the handful. This recipe will give you granola with a familiar level of sweetness, but you can reduce the honey and oil by as much as half and still have excellent granola. Get as clumpy as you like.

Homemade Granola Would make again! would add some sesame seeds pumpkin seeds or other small nuts to add to the recipe. A simple granola recipe starts with oats, sweetener and oil. Use instant oats, and if you're sticking to a gluten-free meal plan , look for oats made in a facility without gluten products. You can have Homemade Granola using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Homemade Granola

  1. You need 150 gr of rolled oats (not the quick cooking).
  2. It's 25 gr of soaked raisin.
  3. It's 25 gr of chopped almonds.
  4. You need 50 ml of honey.
  5. Prepare 50 gr of butter.
  6. Prepare of Additional as your wishes.
  7. It's of Walnut/cashewnuts/hazelnuts/pistachio.
  8. You need of Flax seeds.
  9. You need of Dried cranberry/ apricot/ goji berries.
  10. It's of Peanuts butter/marmelade.
  11. You need of Sunflower seeds/ pumpkin seeds.

Brown sugar is a granola staple but feel free to branch out. Toss the oats, coconut, and almonds together in a large bowl. Whisk together the oil and honey in a small bowl. In a large bowl, combine the oats, nuts, coconut, and brown sugar.

Homemade Granola step by step

  1. In a pan, melt the butter. Add the rolled oats. Pan fry it to mix well with the butter..
  2. Add the chopped nuts, chopped berries and seeds. Add honey..
  3. Mix it well for 5 minutes..
  4. Pour the mixture on the baking tray or bowl..
  5. Place it in the oven and bake it for 30-40 minutes at 120°C until golden brown. Once in a time, open the oven and stir it a moment..
  6. Serve your Granola with a bowl of yoghurt and fruits..
  7. Notes. I like my granola not too sticky/ loose. If you like some sticky/lumpy granola, you may add 1-2 tablespoon egg white and mix it with the mixture..

In a separate bowl, combine maple syrup, oil, and salt. Second, homemade granola tastes SO much better than the store-bought granola. You can taste what a big difference freshness makes, and it's staggering. And finally, homemade granola is much, much cheaper than store-bought granola. I can't help but think that people wouldn't buy it if they knew how easy it is to make it at home.