Nourishing Granola Made With Sask Oats & Love
Finally! I get asked for this recipe a lot. It seems Keirsten and my mother can’t seem to remember it. haha!
My kids love this granola. It even satisfies my youngest son who has an inclination towards very sweet foods.
We eat it with milk as a cereal, layered with fruit and yogurt into a parfait or by itself mixed with chocolate chips and coconut. It’s also great made into granola bars.
I love how simple and versatile this recipe is. It is never sorry. You can add just about anything. I don’t even measure anything when I make it, it’s that forgiving.
I like to dried fruit at the end, when it is finished cooking, as it don’t bake well. It don’t bake well…
So here it is…
Nourishing Granola Recipe – with gluten free and dairy free options (simplified version of recipe at the bottom of page for people who have made it before or are well versed in the art of oats)
This is a big recipe, but it’s actually my recipe cut in half. This will make over 3 quarts of granola. I love making large amounts of things at once. It saves time and gives me something to trade for other healthy premade snacks. It makes a great gift too.
RECIPE:
Oven preheat 325
Baking time 30-45 minutes
12 cups of oats (you can sub other solids like sesame, chopped nuts, hemp) for gluten free, use certified gluten free oats
1/2 lb grass fed butter and/or coconut oil or other fat of choice (sometimes I use partial beef tallow or lard)
2 cups sweetener (honey, maple syrup. You can do part dry sugars like coconut sugar or rapadura.)
You can do less or more sweetener for your tastes)
1 tbsp or more vanilla (optional)
1 tbsp or more cinnamon (optional)
1 tsp almond extract (optional)
Pinch of salt
1. In a deep enough saucepan, add butter and sweeteners and melt on medium until it combines like a caramel.
2. Add vanilla, cinnamon, almond extract, salt to hot mixture.
3. Pour hot mixture over oats and mix thoroughly.
4. Portion out onto 2 or 3 cookie trays and put in the oven.*
You need to stir the granola to prevent burning and uneven cooking. I start stirring after ten minutes and then every five after that. I always set a timer now unless I’m making that blackened granola again.
This takes 30-45 minutes. It’s done once it no longer feels wet and sticky. When it feels dry.
Cool completely and package!
*i ended up making one of the trays lemon poppyseed by adding to the remaining mixture in bowl: lots of lemon zest, lemon extract and poppyseeds.
I also love doing a wild blueberry and pecan granola by adding those things at the end. <<<<<
NOURISHING GRANOLA – simplified recipe:
325 oven
30-45 minutes
In a saucepan:
1 cup fat
2 cups sweetener
1 tbsp vanilla, 1 tbsp cinnamon, 1 tsp almond extract, Pinch of salt
Pour mixture into:
12 cups oats
Bake 7 stir often
Set a timer.