Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, granola. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have granola using 22 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Granola:
- Get "dry ingredients"
- Take 7 cups old fashioned oats
- Take 1 cup wheat bran
- Take 1 cup flax meal
- Make ready "flavorings"
- Make ready 1/4 cup canola, coconut or olive oil
- Get 1/4 cup applesauce
- Take 1/2 cup brown or raw sugar
- Get 1/2 cup honey or agave
- Prepare 1/2 cup water
- Make ready 2 teaspoons turmeric
- Make ready 1 tablespoon vanilla, maple or almond extract
- Take 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- Take 1 teaspoon salt
- Make ready "nuts, seeds & fruits"
- Take 1 cup broken walnuts
- Get 1 cup broken pecans
- Take 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds
- Make ready 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
- Make ready 1 cup chopped dates
- Get 1 cup raisins or dried cranberries
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Steps to make Granola:
- Preheat oven to 275° F or 135° C
- Mix oats, bran & flax in a large roasting pan.
- Whisk the "flavorings" together and then drizzle over the oat mixture. Stir until evenly moist.
- Bake for 1-1/2 hours – stirring every 15 minutes.
- After the third stirring, add the "nuts, seeds & fruits".
- Bake for an additional 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
- NOTE: I have experimented with the balance and quantities of the fats and sugars. As I reduced the fat, the texture went from crunchy to chewy. I did not have success with less than 1/4 cup of fat. I have also sometimes replaced the more processed sugars with unsweetened frozen juice concentrate.
- Serving size - 1/4 cup
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