September 30th, 2007 - Granola recipe
Haven’t made this in a while, but after losing the salsa recipe, I want to be sure to get my favorite recipes in here! I’ve only not made it because of being sick so much. Which, by the way, I am again. I don’t know if it’s a cold, allergies, or bronchitis again. I feel better if I don’t talk at all. :(
Mom made granola when I was a kid. I’m not sure if I used info from her recipe in this one, but surely I did? I loved granola as a kid, but my recollection is that it was expensive to make, which I don’t understand. It seems pretty cheap to me but I haven’t actually priced it out.
Granola, adapted from Alton Brown Good Eats
Put in a 9×13 pan
3 cups oatmeal and other flaked grains
1-2 cups nuts and seeds
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/4 c sesame seeds and/or flax seeds
pinch of salt (unless nuts/seeds were salted)
Toss to mix well, using your hand. Pour on top
1/4 cup vegetable oil
<3 Tbsp molasses (scant 1/3c for 2x)
>3 Tbsp honey (scant 1/3c for 2x)
Mix well using your hand. Hands work far better than a spoon for this.
250 oven for 1 hour 15 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes and moving around the overn. Add dry fruit when cool.
Notes: 2x or 3x fits in 2 pans. I’m pretty loose on the dry ingredients, going for generally 5-7 cups. Maggie can’t have tree nuts, so I skip the nuts when she’s to eat it. Same for sesame. I use flax seeds only because we bought some accidentally. If I don’t have sunflower seeds, nuts/seeds are skipped. I’ve used a number of different flaked/rolled grains. The barley was a bit chewy so I’d only use 1/2c of it. If you like chunky granola, use less dry and more wet. I do, but I prefer to keep the oil and sugars down so I don’t worry about it. It won’t be dry when it’s done cooking. If you don’t stir it right away and wait for it to be cool, it may stay chunkier. I add all sorts of dried fruit, basically whatever I have on hand. I like lots of fruits, but they are expensive so I usually don’t have as much as would be nice. I also have added dried orange for a lovely cranberry-orange and walnut-orange. Dried orange peel would also work.