Add to: Recipe Box | Grocery List | Meal PlannerRecipe submitted by
acooper@federatedinv.comEasy and Inexpensive GranolaIngredients (use vegan versions): 4 cups oats
1 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup buckwheat groats
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds (optional)
1/4 cup any available chopped nuts
2 tablespoon wheat germ (optional)
1/2 cup or more any dried fruit that you like, cut in small pieces
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup sweetener (maple syrup, brown sugar, whatever)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
Directions:This recipe is infinitely variable according to whatever you have on hand. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In large shallow baking pan, combine all of the grain and seed ingredients. Combine sweetener and oil in small pan, heat until it it is smooth and hot. Pour over the seed mixture and stir. Add spices, put the whole thing in the oven and bake for about 30 minutes. Stir after about 15 minutes. Let cool, add dried fruits; mix will keep almost forever in air-tight container. Delicious as a cold cereal with soy milk, or add soy milk and fresh fruit and heat until slightly boiling (about a minute in microwave) for a quick and delicious porridge.
Serves: 8.
Preparation time: 5 minutes to make, 30 minutes to bake.
Nutrition Information: This is chock full of those whole grains and seeds that are so important to our diet. For vegans, the sesame seeds have lots of calcium too.
If you are watching fat and vegan sugar intake, I make mine without the oil and sweetener, and it is still yummy -- especially with the lite soy milk as opposed to cow milk because soy milk has a sweet taste. Compare the price of making this to buying store granola -- it is amazing..
Just so you know, if you put the dried fruit in the granola and then cook it they will char and blacken. So unless you like that put the fruit in after the granola cools.
Archived comment by: heather
umm I think that it is actually stated in the recipe to add the dried fruit after baking
Archived comment by: ming
This is so yummy and filling! I make double recipes, cook it for 40mins, stirring every 10. I store it in tupperware, eat it as cereal in the morning and don't get hungry all day. Its awesome! I highly recommend it for busy schedules like mine!
Archived comment by: summer
what are buckwheat groats?
Archived comment by: becklet_m
This stuff is great! I also make it without the oil and sweetener, but I mix a bit of sugar with the dried fruit to keep it soft. In case anyone is still wondering, I'm not sure what buckwheat groats are, but I have found them in the bulk food sections and cereal isles of various supermarkets.
Archived comment by: nof
buckwheat groats are the grain from buckwheat, can be bought roasted and called kasha.(i only know this coz i can't eat gluten and buckwheat is gluten free) i also replace the oats with millet flakes and buckwheat flakes in this to make it gluten free and it is mmmmmm yummy and i don't use the oil, i use hot apple juice instead
Archived comment by: grimreefers
Yummy yum yum! Totally lived up to our expectations. Really easy to make, and cheap! We made ours with Rolled Oats, 4 grain cereal, sunflower seeds, and a cup of hot apple juice. After baking, we added raisins. Super good. :-)
Archived comment by: speltrong
This turned out awesome! I used mostly what organic nuts/seeds/fruits I had around the house, yum!!! A keeper!
Archived comment by: earthmother
