I was at it again. I made granola from scratch.
It was good, easy and best of all it was cheap!!
I used this recipe I found on allrecipes and I did few tweaks
Started off with organic oatmeal, sliced almonds, and bran. Since I didn’t have actual bran flakes I just used Raisin Bran and plucked the raisins out…What?!!
I poured I mean Addison poured all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Who doesn’t love a little helper
Then I took these products in which I substituted olive oil for vegetable oil
…and brought them to a rolling boil
and poured the mixture over the dry ingredients and mixed it all together
I baked the mixture at 350 for about 20 minutes, tossing lightly to make sure the bottoms didn’t burn. Once I pulled it out of the oven I added in some raisins and dried cranberries. I later molded some into bars and stored the rest in an air tight container.
Over the course of the week I just added a few spoonfuls to some greek yogurt for breakfast and gave them to the kiddies for snack. Turned out really good with just the right amount of sweetness. Will definitely be making this again.
Time taken from start to finish was about an hour.
13 Comments
Aprill
May 7, 2013 at 11:50 amI love this! I have to do it just once. Thanks for the article!
Rhonda
May 7, 2013 at 12:33 pmThanks for these details. I really want to try this!
Kita
May 7, 2013 at 4:17 pmHmm I gotta try this one out. They do love to help in the kitchen
miss donna
May 7, 2013 at 5:48 pmthis is so much more cost effective than buying granola…that should be an incentive for me to attempt this. and i would have left the raisins in myself.
Tasha
May 7, 2013 at 6:49 pmThis recipe looks great. My sister and I were just talking about making some.
Michelle
May 7, 2013 at 9:13 pmFor some reason I always ruin every granola I’ve ever tried to make. I love the idea of molding them into bars. That’s how I love to eat granola!
Quiana
May 8, 2013 at 7:39 amLOOOOOVE homemade granola and especially because many store bought kinds have raisins which I abhor 😉 I always say I’ll make parfaits or do other things with it but I end up just scarfing it down plain. It never lasts!
Tia
May 8, 2013 at 5:09 pmThis seems super easy. I hate paying for granola too.
Dr. Reginia; the Social Mistress
May 9, 2013 at 12:34 am…and just like that, I’m copying this reciped the best I can. Yes ma’am. I’ll report back soon.
It’s getting hot over here and I need snack because cooking is way out of the question.
Joy and Sunshine
May 9, 2013 at 5:54 pmThis look SO yummy! I’ve made granola bars (check out the recipe and bars here: http://www.joyandsunshine.com/blog/2013/03/07/granola-bars/), but I haven’t tried making loose granola yet. Love your idea of making a parfait with granola and yogurt… sounds like the perfect to-go healthy snack.
Mrs. Delightful
May 11, 2013 at 3:49 pmThis looks delish!!!!
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Kae James
May 12, 2013 at 5:16 pmLove Love Love your blog! Definitely got yourself a follower. 🙂 I am going to try that recipe out. Thank you! 🙂 Following you via BlogLovin’
Jenni
May 13, 2013 at 10:45 amI will definitely be making this. When I was pregnant with RJ our neighbor made dinner for us one night and the dessert was homemade granola. I’ve been wanting to make some myself ever since. Also, RJ would love help me out.