We’ve recently been on a big yogurt and granola kick in this house, probably because the warm weather means buying more fresh berries. So when we ran out of granola a week into our grocery cycle, but still had plenty of yogurt left, I decided to make some homemade granola!
I used to make homemade granola a lot when I lived on my own, in particular a random peanut butter granola recipe I found. But I decided to make a classic honey and almond recipe for the 3 of us since that’s what we’d been buying plus we have a Costco bottle of honey. The recipe I found is super customizable and easy to adjust: I’m not a big dried fruit fan so didn’t add any, but you could very easily add raisins, dried cranberries, dried cherries, dried blueberries, or anything else you like. The recipe also calls for almonds in particular but what we had were some individual packets of assorted roasted nuts? So I just used a bunch of those! No need to buy a big expensive bag of nuts if you don’t have to. But you could still do truly any nut you like. The recipe also specifies that the key to this granola is that it’s equal parts oil and honey. Which means you could easily decrease the honey if you want something that’s less sweet, just made sure you decrease the oil too.
So here’s a super easy granola recipe! Perfect for when you run out of granola or just want to use up some oats. Bonus points for being an excellent snack that I will be bringing on my camping trip next week.
Easy Homemade Granola
Time: 35 minutes
Makes: 5 cups of granola
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup neutral oil (vegetable oil, coconut oil, etc.)
- 1/2 cup honey or maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup sliced almonds (or any other nut of choice)
- 1 cup raisins or other dried chopped fruit (or leave out)
Instructions
- Heat the oven tp 300°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with nonstick spray
- Whisk together the oil, honey, cinnamon, and salt until well combined.
- Add the oats and nuts ad stir to coat.
- Spread the mixture out onto the prepared baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, stirring halfway through. The granola is ready when it’s golden brown and the almonds have toasted. It will still feel wet coming out of the oven, but will harden as it cools.
- Add the fruit, tamp down, and cool. Store in an airtight container
College Cooking with Celia 