Best Everyday Granola
This is the perfect everday granola. It is nutrient dense and fiber rich. Eat it plain, as a cereal with milk, as a topping on yogurt or in granola bars.
Servings: 10 cups
Calories: 273kcal
Ingredients
- 6 cups rolled oats
- ¾ cup wheat germ
- ½ cup coconut
- ¼ cup flax seeds, ground or whole (I used whole for this recipe)
- ¼ cup sesame seeds
- ¼ cup sunflower kernels
- 1 cup chopped nuts, your choice of nuts - mix and match to equal 1 cup.
- 1-2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup salad oil, grapeseed, walnut, canola or coconut recommended. DO NOT use olive oil - bleh!
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract, I have also used almond flavoring. Yum!
- dried fruit, optional (added just before serving - do not add during baking, see note)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
- Mix oats, wheat germ, coconut, flax seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower kernels, nuts and cinnamon together in a large bowl.
- In a medium size bowl mix together the brown sugar, honey, oil, and vanilla. Pour over dry ingredients and mix well.
- Divide between two 9- x 13-inch baking dishes or pans. Bake for 20 minutes, stirring every 5-7 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow granola to cool in pans. After the granola has cooled, using a pancake turner, gently slide the turner beneath the granola to break it up. Store in a zip-style plastic bag or other container of your choice.
Notes
A reader asked whether the pictured dried cranberries are added before or after baking. The answer is after baking. If you prefer to eat your granola with dried fruit, add the dried fruit just before serving. Baking the fruit with the granola will often cause the fruit to dry out or burn. I have found that adding the fruit just before serving keeps the fruit moist and fresh.
Recipe adapted by Terri @ that's some good cookin' from my mother in-law, Mavis
Nutrition
Calories: 273kcal