Home-made granola is an amazingly delicious mix of oat flakes, nuts and dried fruits baked in the oven to a golden color and a cheerful crunch. In addition, granola is very useful, because it contains a lot of fiber and vitamins, which are completely preserved due to special gentle heat treatment. It perfectly acts on the metabolism, digestion and plus clears the vessels of cholesterol. The most important rule is that you only need to store home granola in a refrigerator under a tight lid.
It can be sprinkled with fresh fruits and berries, pour hot milk or cool yoghurt. Let's review with you interesting and delicious recipes for cooking granola at home!
Maple Granola
Ingredients:
- oat flakes - 2 items;
- brown sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt - a pinch;
- walnuts - 50 g;
- Sunflower seeds - 50 g;
- raisins without pits - 50 g;
- dried cherries or cranberries - 10 g;
- maple syrup - 30 ml;
- Ground cinnamon - 0,5 tsp.
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- water - 1 tbsp. a spoon.
Preparation
Preheat the oven in advance to 130 ° C. Sprinkle slightly baking sheet with vegetable oil. Stir in the bowl of oatmeal, sugar, salt and crushed walnuts. On low heat bring to a boil maple syrup, add oil, water and a little cinnamon. Then pour into the oat mixture and gently stir with a spoon. Distribute an even layer on the baking tray and send it to the oven for about 30 minutes. After time, we take out the pan, mix dried fruits into the granola and prepare another 15 minutes before the golden crust appears. Cool and cut into slices. Instead of maple syrup, you can easily use liquid honey!
Apple Granola - recipe
Ingredients:
- oat flakes - 3 items;
- almonds - 0,5 items;
- Sunflower seeds - 0,5 items;
- sesame seeds - 20 g;
- ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon;
- Ground ginger - 0,5 tsp.
- salt - a pinch;
- apple unsweetened puree - 1 item;
- honey - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Preheat the oven in advance to 150 degrees. We cover the baking sheet with baking paper. In one bowl, carefully mix all the dry ingredients: almonds, oat flakes, seeds, sesame, cinnamon, salt and ginger. In the other - all liquid: baby apple puree, honey and olive oil. Then pour the resulting mixture oat flakes and mix well until smooth. Distribute the granola in a uniform layer over the pan and bake for about 35 minutes, stirring occasionally every 10 minutes. Then we cool it to room temperature, shift it into a container with a tight lid and store it in the refrigerator.
Dietary granola
Ingredients:
- oat flakes - 200 g;
- hazelnut - 100 g;
- candied fruits - 200 g;
- honey - 50 ml;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
How to cook granola? Oat flakes, nuts and dried fruits are mixed in a bowl. Separately heat the honey so that it becomes liquid. Mix it with vegetable oil and gently pour the resulting mixture into the flakes.
Then the pan is covered with baking paper or greased with vegetable oil. We spread the flakes and tamp well. Bake in preheated to 160 ° C for about 30 minutes until golden brown.
Completely cool and cut into long rectangles. Serve delicious and satisfying granola bars to warm fresh milk or freshly brewed tea.
Granola parfait
Ingredients:
- oat flakes - 150 g;
- nuts - 100 g;
- raisins - 50 g;
- honey - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- yoghurt - 200 ml;
- fresh berries - to taste.
Preparation
Oat flakes and nuts are crushed thoroughly in a blender and quickly fried with honey in a dry frying pan. Then add the raisins and mix everything. Next carefully my berries, dried and cut into large slices. Now take a beautiful transparent glass and spread our dessert layers: first natural yogurt, then flakes with nuts and raisins and finally - berries. At will, you can repeat all the layers. From above you can pour fruit jam or liquid honey.