I have been wanting to make homemade granola for a while now because the mixed up boxes at the grocery store, to me, are really overpriced when I’m sure it is so simple to do myself. After work yesterday I had to run several errands one was grocery shop so I picked up some almonds that I’m using in another recipe (stay tuned) and got an extra bag to whip up some granola. I haven’t tried any yet with my yogurt but just it alone is good so I’m sure it’s going to pair perfectly with my vanilla yogurt.
Ingredients:
4 cups raw oats
1 bag of whole raw almonds
1 tbs cinnamon
1 stick butter
¾ to 1 cup of brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
In a large bowl I measured out my oats
Since I bought the whole almond I took a knife and did a rough chop over them and mixed them in with my oats.
In a smaller bowl or I used a large measuring cup melt butter, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla together. Once melted pour over oat/nut mixture and mix until all ingredients are coated well
Bake at 300 for approximately 30 minutes. I stirred mine occasionally so it wouldn’t clump but if you would like it to clump so you have granola clusters then don’t stir.
Other things to add: dried fruit and coconut
Instead of butter as your oil base: coconut oil or canola oil
Instead of sugar as your sweetener: maple syrup, honey, or agave
Mix and match and use flavors that you like. I stayed simple and with what I know would taste good on my first go but I would love to make a coconut version of this using flakes of coconut and also oil.