Simple Delicious Homemade Granola
Simple Homemade Granola, a wonderful recipe to eat with milk, yogurt, or cottage cheese.
I love my simple homemade granola for breakfast in summer. I top cottage cheese or yogurt with it and enjoy a light easy meal.
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What I love about making homemade granola is you can mix it up with the ingredients and get a whole new flavor.
With homemade granola you can swap out the dried cherries for dried blueberries, cranberries or tried and true raisins.
I used slivered almonds as the nuts in this version but you can use pecans, macadamia nuts, pistachios…you name it. Or you can make it nut free!
Okay enough chatter here is the recipe….
I use this also as a base for some really great homemade granola bars. I will be sure to share that recipe with you soon too. They make a great on the go snack bar.
Simple & Delicious Homemade Granola
Delicious homemade basic granola recipe that can be modified in many different ways. Have fun adding your own unique flavors to
this tried-and-true recipe.
Ingredients
- • 4 Cups rolled oats (I like thick cut)
- • 1 1/2 cups slivered almonds (I toast mine)
- • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- • 1/2 teaspoon salt
- • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- • 1/4 cup flax seed meal
- • 2 Tablespoons sesame seed toasted
- • 1/4 cup coconut oil
- • 1/4 cup honey
- • 1 teaspoon vanilla
- • 1 1/2 cup dried cherries (I like the ones from Costco, they actually taste like cherries)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. In a bowl, mix the oats, almonds, brown sugar, salt, flax seed meal, toasted sesame seeds and cinnamon.
2. In a saucepan warm the oil and honey. Whisk in vanilla.
3. Carefully pour the liquid over the oat mixture. Stir gently
with a wooden spoon, finish mixing by hand
4. Spread granola on a 15 x 10 inch baking pan (I use a large
cookie sheet that has a lip)
5. Bake 40 minutes, stirring carefully every 10 minutes.
6. Transfer granola-filled pan to a rack to cool completely.
Stir in cherries.
7. Seal granola in an airtight container, (I use a gallon size
ziploc freezer bag)
8. Store at room temp. for 1 week or in the freezer for 3
months.
Notes
Trade out different ingredients to customize this recipe. Use pecans in place of or in addition to the almonds, or walnuts. Omit the sesame seeds, use your choice of dried fruit. You get the picture, just enjoy!
Bon Appetit
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Yum, I love it on yogurt too.
I use about a 1/4 cup on yogurt also. I’ll have to try it on my cottage cheese.
Thanks for the recipe.
Jan
The toasted Sesame Seeds add a depth of flavor that I truly miss if I leave them out. There are so many ways to customize this recipe to suit your own taste that makes it even more fun.
Looks very yummy, Pamela! Love the toasted sesame seeds in there. I need to try this.
I love cashews, that sound wonderful!
I can’t say that I can taste the hemp because of all the other good things in the granola. Oh, I didn’t mention I also added cashews and walnuts….what the heck? I think it’s the cashews that made it taste so good, but who’s gonna be added cashews….they’re fattening (in a good way) but expensive. Next time I make the granola I think I’ll settle down and maybe add some raisins along with the almonds.
Wow, sound wonderful. I have never tried hemp seeds before, I will have to try them.
Hi Pamela,
I made the granola yesterday. This is a good recipe, thanks. I added coated dates, goji berries, coconut & hemp seeds because I needed to use them in something before they went bad. I sometimes shop at Winco (and get a little carried away) in the bulk section (spices/nuts, etc.). Perhaps you have a Winco in your vicinity. Anyhow, again, thanks
Fair warning, it is not light on calories. 😀
It is worth the effort. I hope you enjoy it!
It is tasty and it goes a long way. It is not light on calories though.
For a half cup it is about 600 calories so I don’t think it is something to eat a lot of. I use 1/4 cup on some plain yogurt sweetened with stevia for a treat and some fruit. Or I have it on cottage cheese and fruit. I hope this helps. 🙂
This looks fantastic. I am trying to equate it to Weight Watcher points. Do you have an idea what a serving size would be or the number of serving from the recipe? Thank you..
Simple and Yummy. Will be trying this recipe soon.
Hey there! Thanks for recipe. Haven’t tried it, but I will soon.
I am going in the kitchen to make this right now! I have frozen blueberries and raspberries in the freezer. Perfect timing!
Ginene