Granola
written by threadslinger
I have recently re-discovered my love for granola. But, at the grocery store you can spend 6.95 on 10 ounces of granola and that is just crazy. So, I found this super easy recipe to make granola and I am pretty sure I will never purchase it again.
Ingredients
2 cups old fashioned oats (not the quick oats
1/2 cup wheat germ
2 T dark brown sugar
1/4 t salt
1 Cup alternative ingredients (you can add whatever you want, I added 1/3 cup coconut, 1/3 cup walnuts and 1/3 cup raisins)
3 T vegetable oil
1 T water
Directions
1. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl except for dried fruit. Simmer together liquid ingredients on low. Pour over dry ingredients.
2. Place ingredients in a glass casserole dish and bake at 275 for half an hour. Then add raisins and continue to cook for 15 more minutes or until golden brown. Have fun with substituting different kinds of ingredients!
WOW. I am excited about this. I too pay $6 for granola and go thru a bag or two a week. This is awesome. I wonder how you could make it high protein. Maybe adding some nuts?
I added pecans cause that is what I had but you can add anything, almonds, cashews, etc. That is why its so fun to make granola, you can change it up every week!
Question: why the simmering of the liquid ingredients first?
It cooks the ingredients together better if they simmer and when you pour it over the oats it helps to clump together some of the oats in little clusters if you are into that sort of thing.