I love granola. I was buying the healthy deliciousness at the grocery store, but realized after looking at the ingredients, how much sugar and preservatives are in it! I mean is anything actually healthy these days?!? The real good stuff is so expensive I just couldn't bring myself to buy it so I decided to make some myself. I looked at different recipes and decided to just throw some things together and see how it tastes. The results were pretty amazing. It is so good and it tastes fresh and homemade and healthy! Very very easy to make and just so tasty! The recipe is at the bottom. Hope you enjoy!
Mixed all the dry ingredients together.
Mixed the wet ingredients in a bowl and added it to the dry ingredients.
Mixed it all up!
Spread it out on a baking sheet.
Freshly baked and out of the oven! Yum!
I love that I can add whatever fruit I want to! Each day it could be a different type of granola! Perfect for a toddler who is constantly changing what fruits she likes and doesn't like!
Homemade Granola
2 cup old fashioned oats
3/4 cup sweetened coconut
3/4 cup sliced almonds
4 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup honey
1 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl and set aside. Mix the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl and then pour over the oatmeal mixture. Stir so it's evenly coated. Scoop onto a baking sheet and spread out evenly. Bake 325 for 40 minutes. Every 10 minutes you'll need to stir and mix up the oats so it cooks evenly. Let sit 10 minutes to cool. Store in an airtight container.
2 cup old fashioned oats
3/4 cup sweetened coconut
3/4 cup sliced almonds
4 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup honey
1 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl and set aside. Mix the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl and then pour over the oatmeal mixture. Stir so it's evenly coated. Scoop onto a baking sheet and spread out evenly. Bake 325 for 40 minutes. Every 10 minutes you'll need to stir and mix up the oats so it cooks evenly. Let sit 10 minutes to cool. Store in an airtight container.
And totally unrelated to the granola are my family portrait pictures from the last two weeks. Whoops a little behind in posting but better late than never!
Movie night in downtown. Toy Story! Thanks to my friend Angie who captured the picture of the three of us.
And last weeks picture! I love my little family!
