Mosaic Monday: Breakfast Granola

We love granola, we don't always agree which kind so we end up with all different kinds, chocolate granola, banana granola, apple granola. It's endless. So is the collection of bags and boxes cluttering the pantry! We love it on frozen yogurt, unfrozen yogurt, ice cream, fruit, on it's own. So I thought how hard could it be to make that at home? Not hard at all. The hardest part was settling on a recipe. and not burning the whole thing. Ended up taking what I liked from a few recipes I found on the internet and some ideas from my friend, Cindy5NY. Made it plain this first time. The biggest deal is making sure you don't cook it too long. Fine line between good and burnt! I was this close. Ended up with a really good batch, but it was close! Not even a peep from the smoke alarm, also known as the timer!

GRANOLA BEFORE BAKING

AND

GRANOLA AFTER BAKING

Breakfast was vanilla yogurt and blueberries!

It made about four or five cups of granola, or at least that's what we have in the container. I couldn't help but grab some tastes right out of the oven. A scoop of ice cream would have been a great accompaniment for the warm, freshly baked granola.

Granola
Source: compiled from different recipes on the internet
Printable Recipe

3 cups rolled oats (old-fashioned oats, not quick cooking)
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup sunflower seeds
3/4 cup shredded sweet coconut
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons canola oil
3/4 teaspoon salt
dried fruit, optional
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, optional

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients.

In another bowl, combine honey, oil, and salt. Drizzle the honey mixture into the bowl with the oats and mix it all together. Pour onto a large, rimmed sheet pan. Bake for about 30-35 minutes, stirring every 10 or 15 minutes. It should be golden brown. Be careful not to burn it.

Remove from oven and cool completely. Add raisins or dried fruit, if you like, and mix until combined. Let cool. Store in an airtight container.

You can use any nuts you like or leave them out, use maple syrup instead of honey. This is just a basic recipe, make it any way you like. Add vanilla extract, add some orange zest, cloves, anything goes!

Joining Mary from The Little Red House for another Mosaic Monday!  Stop by the Little Red House to see lots of fantastic Mosaics every week!

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