Homemade Granola!

Homemade Granola-Family Recipe

Have you ever wanted to eat better, but found it was just too expensive? Like if you wanted to have cereal type food, but the granola was just soooo pricey that it didn't feel worth it? 

I'm SOOOO grateful for my grandma for sharing this recipe with me. It's an incredible granola recipe and has tons of incredible whole grains in it. I'm a firm believer in the power of whole grains, including wheat (sorry all you gluten free peeps). However, you could easily modify this recipe to be a gluten free one. :) 

Homemade Granola Recipe

Ingredients

• 8 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup wheat germ (gluten free try subbing in coconut flour or almond flour, or a gluten free flour for the powdered options)
• ½ cup flaxmeal
• 1 ½ cups oat bran
• ½ cup sunflower seeds (roasted or raw)
• 1 ½ cup chopped almonds
• 1 ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• ¼ cup flax seeds
• 2 Tblsp sesame seeds
• 1 ½ cups coconut

• 1 ½  tsp salt
• ½ cup brown sugar (optional)
• 1/3  cup real maple syrup
• 1 cup honey
• 1 cup coconut oil (or vegetable oil)
• 1 Tblsp vanilla extract
• 1 Tblsp ground cinnamon
•  2– 3 cups mixed dried fruit ( raisins, dried cranberries, dried apricots, etc.) 

Directions

Preheat oven to 275 deg.

Combine oats, wheat germ, flaxmeal, oat bran, sunflower seeds, nuts, flax & sesame seeds, coconut in a large bowl. 

Stir together the salt, brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, oil, cinnamon, vanilla in saucepan.  Bring to boil over med. Heat, pour over the dry ingredients, and stir to coat.  Spread mixture out evenly on two large baking sheets.

Bake about 40 minutes, stirring 3 times during baking. 

Cool, stir in dried fruit.  Store in airtight container.  If storing more than two weeks, store in refrigerator.

My hubby and I LOVE this recipe, and it's pretty kid friendly as well. If doing portion fix, one serving is a yellow container (1/2 cup) and a teaspoon (to account for the oil)

Happy Monday!