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Make It Yourself-granola Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Keni / All my dishes 1 year, 1 month ago A simple, versatile recipe for homemade granola. Again, this is a guide recipe with a few ideas to make it to your taste. Serve it with milk, as a cereal, to top ice cream or yogurt, or just by the handful. Great for camping/hiking, etc. Prep:5m Cook:45m Servings:8	Keni
	homemade granola sweet nuts dried fruits oats easy healthy honey low fat

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Ingredients

2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats(not quick cooking)

3/4 cup wheat germ

2-3T brown sugar(this can be omitted, if you want)

1/2t salt

2T light cooking oil

1/2-1 cup nuts(sliced almonds, pecans, walnuts, cashews, peanuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pistachios, etc, chopped, pine nuts or sunflower or pumpkin seeds or kernels)

1-2 cups dried fruit(banana chips, apples, pineapple, mango, currants, raisins, cranberries, blueberries, dates, etc, or coconut)

1t lemon or orange zest

1t vanilla or almond extract

1/2t cinnamon or nutmeg(if desired, depending on add ins used)

1/2 cup honey

6T water, divided

Directions

In large bowl, combine oats, wheat germ, brown sugar(if using), salt and nuts.

In small saucepan, combine 2-3T water, honey and oil and cook to boiling. Add "flavorings"(spices, zest and extracts), reduce heat and simmer about 3 minutes.

Carefully pour over oat mixture, reserving about 1/3 of the honey mixture.

Toss to coat.

Run hands under cool water and, with wet hands, pick up handfuls of mixture and lightly "press" together and carefully drop on sprayed cookie sheet.

Continue with remaining mixture. This technique will create the tasty granola "clumps" in the finished mix. If you don't want those, just dump the oat mixture on the sheet. :)

Keep bowl handy :)

Bake at 250 for about 30 minutes, carefully stirring after 15.

Remove sheet from oven, let cool a couple minutes til able to handle and carefully put back into original bowl.

Add dried fruit and remaining honey mixture and 2-3T water and toss to mix.

Once again, with wet hands, drop handfuls of mixture back to cookie sheet, as above.

Continue to bake about 15 minutes more, until fruits start to plump and granola is golden brown.

**the granola pictured is made with chopped pecans and dried cherries, cranberries, and blueberries, and the cream on top is sour cream mixed with nutmeg and vanilla***

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slj6lori 1 year, 1 month ago said:
I cant wait! You Rock!

pointsevenout 1 year, 1 month ago said:
I'm going to try this.
Now if you only had a recipe for honey-nut cheerios.

slj6lori 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Ok everyone....my rave would be way to long if I were to start! This is fantastic! The best granola ever...will never buy store bought again. My flavor combo was chopped pecans, slivered almonds, orange zest and dried cranberries. This recipe is a 10....thanks Keni!