Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Power Granola

I {heart} granola, especially homemade granola.  I can never keep up with the high demand for granola in my house, especially homemade.  I have been meaning to make some but wanted to find a more healthy recipe that didn't involve so much sugar.  Yeah Cooking Light....here is a recipe that uses OJ!  Let me just say "double yum-yum yumm-O"!  Here's the recipe....

2 cups regular oats
1/3 cup ground flaxseed (didn't have on this go around but will be on the next)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup chopped slivered almonds
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/3 cup orange juice
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cooking spray
1/3 cup dried cranberries
* I added some coconut - Hello, duh?*

Preparation
Preheat oven to 300°.
Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl.
Combine orange juice, honey, and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat just until sugar dissolves, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; stir in oil and vanilla.
Pour honey mixture over oat mixture, stirring to coat. Spread mixture in a thin layer onto a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 300° for 10 minutes; stir well. Bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Spoon granola into a bowl; stir in dried cranberries. Cool completely.

Note: Store completely cooled granola in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.

PS:  I had to 'bake' my much longer to get it crispy-ish.

2 comments:

Sarah said...

Oh! I was just thinking that I wanted to make some homemade granola and I saw your post. I will definitely have to try your recipe! Sounds yummy!

Anonymous said...

I love granola! I think I'll bake some now. Yum!