Homemade Granola
Build your own HEALTHY homemade granola! Customize this granola with whatever fruits, nuts and seeds you love.
Servings 8 cups
Ingredients
- 400 g old-fashioned rolled oats - 4 cups
- 100 g almonds roughly sliced - 1 cup
- 50 g mixed seeds - like pumpkin, watermelon, sunflower. Skip and replace with 1/2 cup nuts
- 115 g unsalted butter or cold pressed virgin coconut oil - 1/2 cup
- 150 g honey or maple syrup - 1/2 cup
- 75 g dried fruits - like raisins, cranberries, blueberries etc.
- 50 g chocolate chips
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp cinnamon - optional
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 30 g powdered jaggery - optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper and keep aside.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, nuts, seeds, jaggery, salt, spices. Mix well.
- In a saucepan, melt the butter and honey together till combined. Do not boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla and stir.
- Pour the liquid into the bowl and mix until well coated. Transfer to the baking sheet and spread it evenly with a spatula.
- Bake the granola at 180°C for 20-25 minutes. Halfway through, remove from the oven and stir it gently, add the coconut flakes at this stage to toast them too. Remove from the oven when the granola is evenly light brown across. It will harden as it cools.
- If adding chocolate chips, add them when granola is still hot so it melts a little. If you want full chocolate chips then add it when granola is completely cool.
- Once the granola is cooled down slightly, add the dried fruits and mix gently. Let it cool completely. Break the granola into chunks or use a spatula to break it up. It will last 3-4 weeks when stored in an air-tight container.