In Germany we add granola to a lot of different things like yogurt, Quark, fruit or even just plane ol’ granola and add milk and eat it that way. My favorite is to grab a bowl and just snack on it while on the go. I found a super easy recipe that can be adabted with so many different things. Nuts is a big part of the German diet. We eat a lot of Walnuts and Hazelnuts, unlike in the US where almost everything involves peanuts. We don’t really use peanuts and if we do it’s rarely. I love Hazelnuts and they are so expensive here in Florida. But every so often I splurge and buy some nuts. I could eat nuts all day and that would be enough for my dinner… I guess it’s just what you are used to and how you grew up… I miss going to the store and picking up a bag of nuts… well I could do that here but they are well over $6 a bag, at home the Hazelnuts are $.99 a bag… what a difference…
Well this Granola recipe can be changed and mixed up to your tastes.. check it out; you can even have the kids help and then stick it in their lunchbox for snack at school…
Baking is the only tricky part. You MUST stay in the kitchen, but only for a half hour.
This is what you will need: ( base recipe)
- 6 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- 2 cups nuts, any combination of nuts. Almonds, cashews, peanuts, soya nuts, corn nuts – these all work great
- 2 cups mixed seeds, Pumpkin and sunflower seeds are super (make sure there are no shells)
- 1/2 cup honey or maple syrup
- 1 cup raisins, ( or you can even add apricots (cut into quarters), prunes (cut into quarters), currants, cranberries, strawberries, cherries)
This is how to make it:
- Preheat oven to 350° F
- In a large bowl, put oats, nuts, and seeds. Stir in honey or maple syrup. You can tell when it’s well stirred in – the oats will appear moist.
- Spread on 2 metal cookie sheets with rims.
- Bake 10 minutes, stir, exchange positions of sheets.
- Repeat twice, being careful not to let granola burn. The main idea is to get all the granola nicely toasted. If you don’t stir it, the outside areas will brown and possibly burn before the rest of the granola has browned. Watch closely during last 10 minutes, and remove earlier if browning too quickly.
- When cold, add dried raisins and store in sealable containers. Keeps well at room temperature
Stacey Hicks says
what a GREAT idea! thanks for this little tidbit of info… my hubby LOVES granola!
Callista says
It’s true peanuts are more popular even here in Canada. Nuts in general aren’t as popular though. I like almonds and walnuts but even then I don’t eat them very often.
Katharina says
It’s hard to find something that looks healthy and delicious at the same time but this does that for me. I’d probably “pretend” to make it for my daughter but end up eating at least half of it myself 🙂 Katharina angelsandmusic[at]gmail[dot]com
CrazyMom says
hahah I love the “pretend” part…. you go girl… 🙂
Shanna says
I’ve never made my own granola. I’m not a huge granola eater, but my hubby LOVES it! I’m sure he’ll be thankful that I found this recipe! 🙂
kolpin says
i love that there’s no oil in here, but to make it even healthier, could one use agave or some other low cal sweetener?
CrazyMom says
I’m sure you cold use any low cal sweetener… we love honey so we do that, but I’m sure anything is a go…. 🙂
Judy B. says
I love nuts too — and not peanuts (almost anything but). I like this recipe and think I would make it with dried cranberries & cherries. This is a good healthy snack. I have a thing for organic natural wildflower honey. I’ve also noticed there are a lot of different kinds of honey that can be ordered online from all over the place. Can’t wait to make this with different variations of fruits, nuts and honeys!
Donna K says
That recipe looks really good.
barbara wright says
This sounds like a good one! I’ve made trail mix before with whatever we have laying around the house, but this is a lot healthier and would get my daughter some protein! I bookmarked it.