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
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 8people
Ingredients
4cupsGluten Free Rolled OatsI like Bob's Red Mill
1cuptoasted slivered almondsunsalted
1cuptoasted unsalted cashewsor pecans
1cupshredded coconutunsweeted or sweetened
1cupdried cranberriesor dried fruit of choice
1/2cupvegetable oil
1/4cupmaple syrupor honey
1tspvanilla
1tspkosher 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!)