Super easy, healthy and delicious.
I was fortunate enough to have parents that were concerned about feeding our family overly processed foods. Bottom line was that I basically grow up on this stuff. This recipe is slightly tweaked from how my Mum use to make it but the great thing about this recipe is that you can change it up to suit your tastes.
PS: In Australia we would call this Museli, but I now reside in North America so I will refer to it as Granola.
Variations on this recipe: Add any other ingredients you want, like other dried fruit, shredded coconut, other spices, bran, wheatgerm, maple syrup, etc. You can also roast the ingredients more or less to make it more or less crunchy.
This recipe makes enough for our 4 person family to last about 7 – 10 days…depending on much, and how often we eat it.
Ingredients
Rolled Oats (Not quick Oats) (4 cups)
Honey (1/3 cup)
Olive Oil (1/3 cup)
Sesame Seeds (1/4 cup)
Flax Seeds (1/4 cup)
Roasted Cashews (whole or in pieces) (1 cups)
Dried Figs (chopped) (1 cups)
Dried Apricots (chopped) (1 cups)
Sliced Almonds (1 cups)
Raisins (1 cups)
Craisins (1 cups)
Ground Nutmeg (1/2 tsp)
Ground Cinnamon (1/2 tsp)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
In 1 large baking pan (with high edges) place the rolled oats, nutmeg, and cinnamon, and mix through the honey and olive oil. Place in the oven on the middle shelf to roast. Roast for 20 – 40 minutes depending on how crunchy you want to granola. Make sure to stir and turn over the oats every 5 minutes to give them a consistent texture.
When the oats are 5 minutes away from the crunchiness you want, add in all the other ingredients and stir through. Place back in the oven for 5 minutes to let the dried fruit caramelize a little, and to give the sesame seeds and flax seeds a bit of a toast. Stir and turn over the ingredients every 2 minutes to make sure everything gets a similar amount of toasting.
When you have reached the desired texture for the oats take out of the oven and allow to cool.
Store in an air tight container.
Great with plain yogurt and fresh fruit.
Enjoy.
