Now while the term “granola eater” usually carries a bad connotation, I am proud to say that I eat granola. Because it's yummy and it's mighty good for you. Homemade granola tends to have a TON less sugar than the store-bought variety. Granola from the store is usually very expensive as well, so making your own is a good alternative (especially because you can use whatever you happen to have on hand). I have a set recipe that I roughly follow, but feel free to supplement as you wish. It's very forgiving.
Homemade Granola
- 6 cups oats
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 cup coconut flakes
- 1 cup buckwheat groats
- 1 cup of almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, or whatever nuts you have on hand
Handful of flax seeds- Dried fruit, if you wish
- 3/4 cup honey
- 4 tablespoons coconut oil/olive oil/almond oil, etc.
Note: Sometimes I don't have all the ingredients, so I just use whatever I have! Rolled triticale or any sort of rolled grain can be used to supplement for the oats. You can supplement more nuts for the sunflower seeds, or mix it up as you wish. The point is to roughly end up with 10(ish) cups of dry ingredients.
Meet the granola team:
The Oats
The Flax Seeds
The WalnutsUnsweetened Coconut Flakes
Sunflower Seeds
Instructions:
Step One: Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl
Step Two: Melt the honey and the oil of your choice over low heat until it is runny and combined
Step Three: Pour the honey mixture over the dry mixture until well combined
Step Four: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the mixture in a thin layer across the sheet
Step Five: Baked at 300 degrees for roughly thirty minutes until lightly toasted. Stir a few times during the baking.
Voila.
That's it! Wonderful and delicious! We eat ours just like a normal boxed cereal, or it also works well with yogurt and fruit. All the ingredients are available at the health food store in bulk for less than they cost at the regular grocery store.
I'm off to go sledding with my niece, nephew, and husband. It can get ruthless out there. They are animals on those sleds.
If I never return, it's been a pleasure.
Happy granola making you-granola-eater-you!
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Homemade Granola
- 6 cups oats
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 cup coconut flakes
- 1 cup buckwheat groats
- 1 cup almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, or whatever nuts you have on hand
- Handful of flax seeds
- Dried fruit, if you wish
- ¾ cup honey
- 4 tbsp coconut oil/olive oil/almond oil, etc.
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl
Melt the honey and the oil of your choice over low heat until it is runny and combined
Pour the honey mixture over the dry mixture until well combined
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the mixture in a thin layer across the sheet
Baked at 300 degrees for roughly thirty minutes until lightly toasted. Stir a few times during the baking.
Anonymous
If you are adding dry fruit to the granola do you add it before you bake it or after?
Shaye @ The Elliott Homestead
Either one 🙂 I usually wait till after.
Janet
What brand of oatmeal do you use? I would love to know all of your favorite brands. We are trying to go NO GMO, and organic.
We have a whole foods store about 30 minutes away. But since I have 6 special needs kids at home, I would like to order as much as possible on line.
Thanks
Shaye Elliott
I use Azure Standard’s brand of generic, organic oatmeal.
Kelly
Would it be weird to add chia seeds and hemp hearts? Also what is the shelf life on it?
Shaye Elliott
Sure! We usually eat ours up in a week – it never lasts for too long around here!