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the BEST Granola. Ever. Recipe

By juneplum
Difficulty: Easy | Total Time: 20 minutes | Active Time: | Makes: about 4-5 cups of granola

I love yogurt, granola and fresh fruit – as breakfast, snack or anytime. Being frustrated with the high fat (and who knows what ingredients) in store-bought granolas, I blended elements of several recipes and came up with this fast, easy and most importantly, delicious homemmade granola. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS
  • 3 cups rolled oats
  • 3/4 cups sliced almonds
  • 1/2-1 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/3-1/2 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
  • 1/2 cup wheat germ
  • 1/2 cup milled/ground flax seed
  • 1 cup mixed dried fruit (I highly suggest dried cherries and dried mango)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 7 tbsp honey
  • 3 tsp brown (or demara) sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Preheat oven to 325C.
  2. Mix dry ingredients. Set aside.
  3. In a small saucepan, melt honey, butter, brown sugar over low heat.
  4. When melted, toss with dry ingredients.
  5. Lay out on baking pan; bake for 15 minutes (or a bit longer if you like it drier and crunchier)
  6. Let cool. As it cools, mix in chopped dried fruit.
  7. Stores for 2 weeks in airtight container.

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  • "Preheat oven to 325C."

    That's a baaaad idea.

  • I love granola, but always am disappointed that it's never crunchy and clumpy like the store granola..Have to try the water tip, thanks!!

  • Does anyone know the recipe for granola that is sold at Cafe Fanny - Alice Waters family recipe?

  • To get the granola to clump, my secret is adding water. The dough needs to be wet. I use 1 part oil, 1 part maple syrup and 1 part water. Heat it before adding to oat mixture. Tamp it down in the pan and let it bake at 325 undisturbed for about 20 minutes, then mix every 15 minutes after that, for about an hour total. Break up carefully when mixing to retain the clumps. Add the fruit when the...+READ

    To get the granola to clump, my secret is adding water. The dough needs to be wet. I use 1 part oil, 1 part maple syrup and 1 part water. Heat it before adding to oat mixture. Tamp it down in the pan and let it bake at 325 undisturbed for about 20 minutes, then mix every 15 minutes after that, for about an hour total. Break up carefully when mixing to retain the clumps. Add the fruit when the granola comes out of the oven. Don't wait until it cools. I sprinkle with cinamon after it comes out of the oven.-COLLAPSE

  • i've made granola a few times and each time it's good--but i can never get it to "clump" the way the store-bought ones do. im sure that's because there are too many ingredients in there...but any suggestions??

  • I make a similar granola but find I have to leave the wheat germ for after baking because it has a tendency to burn quickly. This looks delcious and can;t wait to m ake it for my family

  • Sesame seeds add a fun boost to this recipe. I've got a recipe for "the best granola ever" modeled on homemade granola that my partner and I had at a beautiful hotel on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. The recipe is here:

    http://mysticgypsypickles.blogspot.com