homemade granola

Healthy and nutty homemade granola

Healthy and nutty homemade granola

Kristen & Tara’s Granola

Ingredients: 

  • 1 cup rolled oats (not “quick oats”)

  • 1/2 cup Scottish Oatmeal, a.k.a. quick steel-cut oats (I use Bob's Red Mill)

  • 1 cup sliced almonds

  • 1 cup walnuts, lightly chopped

  • 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds, (pepitas)

  • 1 tablespoon shredded coconut (unsweetened)

  • 3 heaping tablespoons ground flax seed

  • 2 tablespoons honey

  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup

  • 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil (you can also try sunflower, or olive)

  • 1 tablespoons coconut oil or coconut butter, melted

  • 1 tablespoon vanilla

  • Optional: ½ cup dried fruit, chopped (I used unsulphured apricots and would also suggest chopped dates, dried cherries, or whole raisins)


Instructions:
Preheat oven to 325˚. Mix together dry ingredients (except for fruit) in a large bowl. Whisk together liquid ingredients in a medium bowl, then drizzle over dry ones, mixing to coat evenly. Spread onto a tray lined with silpat or parchment, and put in medium rack of oven. Bake for 20-30 minutes (depending on your oven), stirring every 10 minutes or so to redistribute browner “edge” pieces with less cooked “middle” pieces, until beginning to turn golden brown. If you’re using dried fruit, stir it in when you remove tray from the oven. Cool—granola will crisp as it cools down–and store in an air-tight container. This recipe makes about a quart and change.