Healthy Recipe for Granola
I know what you’re thinking. I’m not the sort of person who makes my own breakfast cereal either. Yet I’ve written a healthy recipe for granola?
The first time I had this kind of homemade cereal, I was staying at a B&B, where they served the most delicious, inventive breakfasts. Their granola was so good that as soon as I got home I set about making some of my own.
Some years later, I’ve perfected my own version, which you can vary according to the flavours you prefer. In this batch, for example, I used a mix of chopped and flaked almonds, almond extract, and dates and raisins.
Makes a large batch of homemade granola
Healthy recipe for granola ingredients
- Mild olive oil, 4 tbsp
- Clear honey, 4 tbsp
- Porridge oats, 250g
- Pumpkin seeds, 50g
- Sunflower seeds, 50g
- Sesame seeds, 30g
- Poppy seeds, 20g
- Chopped nuts or flaked almonds, 100g
- Vanilla, lemon, orange or almond extract, 1 tsp
- Desiccated coconut, 50g
- Dried fruit, 150g (any)
Equipment
- Kitchen scales
- Mixing bowl
- Tablespoon (for stirring and spooning)
- Baking trays
How to make healthy homemade granola
- In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients except the coconut and fruit.
- Transfer the mixture to a couple of large (and foil-lined, if you like, to save on washing up) baking trays. Bake in the oven, pre-heated to 130C (fan), for about 15 minutes.
- Add the coconut and fruit to the trays and stir in. Bake for another 10 minutes, then remove from the oven and allow to cool in the trays before transferring to a large airtight container.
Serve with cow’s or plant milk, or yoghurt.
Related recipes:
- Homebaked crumble recipe
- Self-saucing sticky toffee pud
- Slow cooker Christmas pudding
- Christmas rocky road
- Ultimate rocky road
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