Grand Granola

Grand Granola

This crunchy, delightful granola is always on hand in my kitchen. It disappears amazingly fast. We eat it for breakfast with fruit and yogurt, by the handful for snacks, and over ice cream for dessert. It's a family favorite
Servings 8 people
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 cups Gluten Free Rolled Oats I like Bob's Red Mill
  • 1 cup toasted slivered almonds unsalted
  • 1 cup toasted unsalted cashews or pecans
  • 1 cup shredded coconut unsweeted or sweetened
  • 1 cup dried cranberries or dried fruit of choice
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp kosher salt

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  • Grab your ingredients. I use Bob's Red Mill gluten free Old Fashioned Rolled Oats (not the quick cooking kind) and unsweetened coconut in this recipe. I think it results in a lightly sweet, crunchy delicious granola. If you don't need the granola to be gluten free - substitute good quality old fashioned rolled oats
  • Mix the 4 cups of oats and 1 cup each of the almonds, cashews (or your nuts of choice) and coconut in a large bowl. Sprinkle with the 1 tsp of salt and stir to combine. I often make this granola with pecans instead of cashews - both delicious
  • Combine the 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 1/4 cup maple syrup (or honey) and 1 tsp vanilla in a cup and mix well with a fork
  • Pour the liquid over the oats mixture and stir with a spoon until all the dry ingredients are moist
  • Spread the granola mixture evenly on a baking sheet
  • Bake for between 30 and 40 minutes taking the pan out and stirring it every 10 minutes.
  • Bake the granola until it reaches a golden brown and smells toasty
  • Let the granola cool to room temperature and add the dried cranberries (or fruit of choice) Store in an airtight for up to 2 weeks.
  • Serve with milk, your favorite yogurt and fruit or on top of ice cream and enjoy! (Talk about where good food meets real life - I mistakenly took this picture before I added the dried cranberries - when I went back a couple of days later to re-take the picture, the granola was gone!)
Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Join the Conversation

  1. Jeanne Cotter says:

    Maggie, do you offer printable versions of your recipes…just ingredients and basic instructions?
    Thanks!
    Jeanne

  2. Doris Hartigan says:

    This recipe sounds great – I have made granola, but not baking as in this recipe. Will definitely try it!!

  3. Jeanne-

    When you click on the recipe at the top right is a printer icon. Click it and it gives you a printable copy. It’s the text and directions without the pictures.

  4. Maureen Bennett says:

    Going to make this with Emerson tomorrow when she has a sleepover. Sounds delish! Thank Maggie!

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