Cinnamon Vanilla Granola
Use your favourite dried fruit and nuts in this granola to make your own unique mix.
Servings: 24 1/4 cup servings
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl, rimmed baking pan, parchment paper, measuring cups, measuring spoons, mixing spoon
Ingredients
- 3 c Rolled or large flake oats (not instant)
- 2 tbsp Firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/3 c Honey
- 1/4 c Sunflower or canola oil
- 2 tsp Real vanilla extract
- 1/2 c unsalted nuts or seeds (toasted optional)
- 1/2 c Dried Fruit, chopped if necessary
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°.Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix oats, brown sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl until well blended. In a separate bowl, mix honey and oil and vanilla. Pour over oat mixture and mix until evenly distributed.
- Spread on baking pan in a thin layer. Bake, 15 minutes, until light golden. Stir and mix and bake for an additional 5 to15 minutes, until golden. Watchcarefully as it can burn easily.
- Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking into clumps, until room temperature. You can leave clumps or not, as you like but if you don’t stir, it will be one slab. Transfer to bowl or storage container and stir in nuts and fruit. Store in an airtight container in the cupboard.
Notes
Serving Suggestion
Great in yogurt, or as a breakfast cereal with milk or milk substitute. Since it travels well without refrigeration, it makes a handy portable snack.
Substitutions or Alternatives
Use your favourite combination of nuts and seeds and dried fruit.
Storage
Store up to one month is an airtight container at room temperature.
Freezing
Can be frozen, not recommended or required.
Sodium Content
No salt has been added to this recipe. The only sodium is that which occurs naturally in the food.