Homemade Granola
Homemade granola can be be used to make so many delicious breakfasts and treats! Put it on top of yogurt, cereal. Use it to create other tasty snacks like granola bars or cookies!
Equipment
- 1 food processor optional
- 1 oven gas/electric
- 1 cookiesheet
- 1 tiny bowl for melting coconut oil
- 1 medium bowl for wet ingredients
- 1 large bowl for dry ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup of chopped mixed nuts
- ΒΌ cup coconut oil melted
- 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup
- 1 TBSP vanilla extract measure with your heart
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 TBSP chia seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F
- In a large bowl add rolled oats
- Chop 1 cup of nuts in a food processor or chop by hand. Add to bowl.
- In a small bowl melt coconut oil in microwave for 30 seconds.
- Add to coconut oil to separate bowl for wet ingredients.
- Add 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup.
- Add vanilla extract
- Add cinnamon and chia seeds.
- Mix wet ingredients with a whisk, and add to large bowl with oats and fold in mixture until oats are coated.
- Take a cookie sheet and spray with cooking spray and lay down parchment paper
- Add oats mixture to cookie sheet and spread out into thin layer.
- Once oven is preheated place cookie sheet in oven for 60 minutes.
- Once done, take out sheet to cool.
- The mixture will be soft coming out of the oven but will crisp up as it cools. ENJOY!
Notes
Add granola to all you favorite snacks such as yogurt, and add some fruit such as bananas! Let me know what variations are your favorite in the comments.