Ok, so people have been asking for the recipe. I probably should do pictures but I am lazy and its relatively easy. The recipe is definitely healthier than store bought granola but is probably not actually all that healthy. If you don't coat oats as gluten, and some people don't, it can be gluten free
Dry ingredients
3 cups Rolled Oats (must be regular old oats, no quick or steel cut)
1 cup Oat Bran (you could use wheat bran, barely flakes, or rye flakes)
2-4T of milled/ground flax seed, grind fresh if possible.
1 cup raw pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas
1/2 -1 cup of raw almonds, walnuts or pecans.
1/2 cup of unsweetened coconut*Optional/substitute
Wet Ingredients
2 Eggs
1 individual container of apple sauce
2-4T of sunflower oil, or olive oil
4-8T of brown sugar
1/2t of salt
1T of coconut extract*Optional/substitute
2T of vanilla extract
1. In one big bowl, mix all the dry ingredients
2. In a smaller bowl, mix all the wet ingredients.
3. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. It helps if you do half, then stir, then do the other half. Stir well
4. Preheat oven to 300
5. Grease large cookie sheet or jelly roll pan. Spread out evenly on a large cookies sheet or jelly roll pan.
6. Place on the bottom rack and bake for 30 minutes
7. Take out, and flip over granola. Spread it out evenly. bake for 20 mins
8. Take out and flip them again. Take out any chunks that look dry and brown, usually just at the edge
9. Turn off oven. Put in cooling oven for 15-30 mins. You will know its done if all the granola is light brown in color. I would err on the side of cooking it too long. Tastes better the crispier it is. You can pick out any burn bits really easily, and that is pretty rare in my year of making this.
10. let cool, and put in a jar or bag.
*Optional/Substitute - If you don't like coconut, try orange extract instead of coconut. Or just omit it, still tastes yummy.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
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