How to Make Granola

Recipes

Helen Schofield


Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings 12

Calories 322


Ingredients

  • 4 cups rolled oats the chunky ones, not super fine quick cooking oats
  • 1½ cups almonds or other nuts and seeds of your choice
  • ½ cup puffed rice or puffed wheat or mixed grains - optional!
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup coconut oil you can also use olive oil or something neutral like canola oil
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup or honey - or a combination of the two – up to you!
  • ½ cup shredded coconut
  • ½ cup dried fruit chopped apricots or prunes, cranberries, raisins/sultanas, mango – whatever you like

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 175C.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats with the nuts/seeds and puffed rice (if using). Also add the salt. 
  3. Gently heat the oil and maple syrup/honey together in a small saucepan, then pour into the oat mixture and mix really well.
  4. Spread the mixture out onto a large baking sheet (use two if you like – see note).
  5. Bake for about 15 minutes, then take the tray out of the oven, stir the granola, then sprinkle over the coconut.
  6. Bake for about another 10 minutes. Press the granola down with the back of a wooden spoon (to encourage clumping!) and leave to cool.
  7. Stir through the dried fruit, then store granola in sealed glass containers.

Recipe Notes

A note on the nutritional info - Please note that the stated nutritional info is a rough estimate as the values will vary greatly according to what type of nuts/seeds, what type of oil etc. you decide to use.

A note on the size of the baking tray - I use one fairly large baking tray for one batch of granola, and the granola just about fits on it in one fairly thick layer. You might prefer to use two baking trays. This way you can spread the granola out a bit more and it will probably cook more evenly.

A note on the amount of sweetness and oil to add - There’s a lot of wiggle room here! Mr. Scrummy and I don’t like our granola to be too sweet, so ¼ to 1/3 cup of maple syrup or honey is plenty for us. You might have to experiment a bit to find your ‘sweet spot’ (!!). Start with ¼ cup, and take it up from there.

All in all, this is a highly adaptable recipe, and you can take it wherever you wish to go!

Optional spices - Sometimes I sprinkle some cinnamon and/or nutmeg into my granola mixture before baking. Delicious!

Enjoy!

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