Making granola has become a weekly ritual for me. We eat it every day, and we all love it! There is something about making my own breakfast cereal that makes me ever so happy. The fact that my kids eat it is practically a miracle. It's easy to change up the recipe so we never get tired of it. I also love that it has eliminated SO MUCH waste, no cereal boxes and bags always going in the trash. I buy everything in bulk, make batch after batch for months and I just wash and reuse my dishes. My kids love helping to roll the oats, mix it all together, and spread the granola. They love eating it fresh out of the oven even more!
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
8 to 9 cups rolled oats (I never measure, just enough to fill a large mixing bowl)
2/3 cup (80g) natural honey
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt
3 egg whites, beaten until just frothy (if you want you can add a bit more egg white and a bit less honey)
Optional Ingredients: Peanuts, Almonds, cashews, chocolate chips or raw cacao nibs, raisins, craisins, goji berries, chia seeds, flax seeds, a teaspoon or two of cinnamon, applesauce, the sky is the limit!
3 egg whites, beaten until just frothy (if you want you can add a bit more egg white and a bit less honey)
Optional Ingredients: Peanuts, Almonds, cashews, chocolate chips or raw cacao nibs, raisins, craisins, goji berries, chia seeds, flax seeds, a teaspoon or two of cinnamon, applesauce, the sky is the limit!
Instructions:
I start by rolling my oats fresh from whole oat groats using my Komo Flic Floc Flaker. I also throw in the flax seeds so they get rolled as well. This insures that you get all the health benefits of the flax seeds. (Eating them whole you get the fiber, but they don't digest; eating flaxseed oil you get the omega-3 and lignans, but not the fiber; rolled you get it all!!!) I love rolling our oats fresh, but if you use already rolled oats, this recipe is even easier and faster!
Grease or oil 3 baking cookie sheets.
Preheat your oven to 300F.
Put your honey, oil, salt and vanilla in a medium saucepan and heat until combined and runny. If you decide to add applesauce and cinnamon just lessen the honey by half and add 1/2 a cup of applesauce and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon. I do this periodically just to switch things up.
While that heats, combine your rolled oats with whatever optional ingredients you choose to put in.
Add your honey mixture into your oat mixture and then stir in your lightly beaten egg white.
Stir until all of your oats are coated and pour onto your prepared baking sheets - spreading out into a thick layer about an inch thick.I actually stir the honey and egg white (reserving just a little) into oats mixed with chia seeds and flax seeds, then pour half of it on a pan (the pan on the right, for the kids), then I add nuts, craisins, cacao nibs etc. along with the remaining honey and egg white and pour that onto a different pan (the pan on the left, for my husband and I). I have picky kids, what'ya'do? *sigh*
Place your granola trays into the oven and bake for ~20-45 minutes (depending on your oven and how much granola you have) or until your granola is golden and crunchy and not very sticky. Rotate the pans during baking to ensure they are evenly cooked. I usually bake them for 15 minutes then rotate the pans around and do another 15 minutes. The smell is so heavenly, my boys stand by the oven waiting for it to be done.
Allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight jar or bag. It will keep for a month or so in a sealed container at room temperature. Ours never lasts longer than a week because we eat it up over yogurt, as cereal with milk, on top of a smoothie bowl, or just plain as a snack.
Enjoy, and let me know if you make it or if you add anything to the recipe that you especially love!!
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