Welcome to my blog on topics about keeping the home - or attempting to - as a Gen X Mom of four and wife to one. :) This blog is written by me, Lori Seaborg, from the Florida-Alabama Gulf Coast. I'm not the person who is ahead of you in mothering and homemaking knowledge. I'm just the gal right beside you, motivating the 11yo daydreamer, keeping up with the 9yo future homemaker extraordinaire (every mama needs a helper like this one!), teaching the rascally 6-year-old while occupying the 3yo. Let's learn together!
I tend to eat this mostly as a snack, out of hand. Sometimes I'll put a little in a
bowl and add milk, for breakfast, or sprinkle it over vanilla yogurt.
Almost
every time I make this granola, I change something, using what I have
on hand. Feel free to change it around to suit you!
Pour 4 cups
old-fashioned oatmeal into a large roasting pan. Heat oats in 350F over
for 5 minutes. Remove from oven, stir, heat 5 minutes more.
Heat together:
1/3 cup maple syrup OR honey
1/4 cup oil (I usually use olive; it's healthiest)
Remove from heat, cool, then add:
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract (optional; I never seem to have it on hand)
Combine together:
1-2 cups chopped nuts (my choices: pecans, almonds - use your favorites)
1/2-1 cup seeds (my choices: sunflower seeds; flax seeds - add your fav.)
1 cup flaked coconut
optional: 3/4 cup bran cereal (I've never added this but hear it is good)
Add to heated oats and mix thoroughly. Pour honey-oil mixture over oat mixture. Mix thoroughly.
Add:
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
1 teaspoon nutmeg powder
Return to oven, bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes, stirring about every 5 minutes for even browning.
Remove
from oven and add any dried fruits that you like, such as raisins,
dates, apricots, cranberries, cherries, etc. I most often use the
granola without adding any fruits to it at all.
Mix thoroughly. Cool and store in an airtight container.
This is great! I have been wanting to get a good healthy granola recipe! If you want, I would love to have this recipe posted on my recipe blog at www.homeschoolblogger.com/chefmommy. It would be a great addition!
I keep my granola in a see-through glass container with a canning lid (one of those with the hinges). I get in and out of it each day. I've had my granola for up to a month, without a problem. By then it was used, so I'm not sure if it could go longer. I guess the nuts could go rancid at some point, but I've not had that happen.
Yes, please feel free to share the recipe. If you don't mind, add a link to this blog at http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KeepingtheHome
I'm eating the granola as I type, but this time it is on top of my salad for a little added nuttiness and crunch!
I got you link from someone that visted my blog. Have you ever added this to yogurt?? I only ask because I used to love the granola they had to add to the yogurt, but they don't do that anymore.....lol.
Hi Lori--great blog here!! I am a mom of 2 (4 yrs and 6 mos), and I have to tell you, I am absolutely relishing everything here--kids, husbands, decluttering, schedules, granola... This is all stuff I try to sort out everyday and you have a lot of good ideas! Keep up the good work!
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