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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast & Dinner Ideas

    Granola recipe | Homemade granola

    December 27, 2012 by Raks Anand 34 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Granola recipe, this is one of the simplest homemade granola you will find. Making homemade gives you control on what goes in.

    easy granola recipe

    I love granola for breakfast a lot. It tastes great simply with low-fat milk and no need to add sugar even.

    What else we need for a lazy morning? I don’t exactly remember where I had this, but only somewhere we stayed when we went for a holiday. Then once I bought muesli and loved that too.

    The best things I love about granola is, its crisp, has nuts, dates, raisins that comes here and there that satisfies all my chewy cravings. And when I wanted to try this at home, I liked this recipe from Ramya’s blog –Hot from my oven.

    easy granola

    Just adapted the recipe to the availability in my kitchen pantry and my taste. Though rolled oats is the main ingredient, its healthy, but we have to keep in mind that its high in sugar with all those honey,brown sugar, raisins and dates.

    Don’t panic. It's just an information for those who are in diet and count their sugar they eat. Otherwise its normal to have this for breakfast. And I almost forgot! This is a perfect snack to. You can munch on this in the evenings as such without milk.

    homemade granola

    Instructions

    1. Preheat the oven to 160 deg C. Meanwhile, place oats, almonds(1 chopped into 3) dates, raisins,salt and brown sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix well and then add honey to it 1 tablespoon at a time and mix well.
    ingredients

    2. Add oil and vanilla essence and mix well. Line a baking tray with butter paper/ parchment paper and spread the mixture evenly.

    mix

    3. Bake it for 25 - 28 minutes or until you get a golden coloured granola. After 15 minutes of bake, every 5 minutes stir the mixture thoroughly to ensure even baking. After done, fluff it with big fork.

    Bake

    As it cools down, it becomes crispier and store in an airtight container. I love it with cold milk a lot for breakfast. The oats coated with caramelized honey, brown sugar....bliss with milk 🙂 One more shot of dropping granola to justify the number of shots I tried to capture it. Thanks for the motivation Sharmi 🙂

    homemade easy granola

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    Granola recipe

    Granola recipe, this is one of the simplest homemade granola you will find. Making homemade gives you control on what goes in.
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine Global
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Servings 1.5 cups
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups Rolled oats
    • ¼ cup Almonds chopped
    • ¼ cup Dates chopped
    • 2 tablespoon Raisins
    • 1.5 tablespoon Brown sugar
    • 3 tablespoon Honey
    • Salt - a pinch
    • 3 drops Vanilla essence
    • 2 tablespoon Cooking oil
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    Instructions

    • Pre heat the oven to 160 deg C.
    • Meanwhile, place oats, almonds(1 chopped into 3) dates, raisins,salt and brown sugar in a mixing bowl.
    • Mix well and then add honey to it 1 tablespoon at a time and mix well.
    • Add oil and vanilla essence and mix well.
    • Line a baking tray with butter paper/ parchment paper and spread the mixture evenly.
    • Bake it for 25 - 28 minutes or until you get a golden coloured granola.
    • After 15 minutes of bake, every 5 minutes stir the mixture thoroughly to ensure even baking.
    • After done, fluff it with big fork.

    Notes

    • You can add your choice of nut. I love almonds, so added it. Walnut or pecans also works fine.
    • The dried fruits also can be your favourite.
    • you can replace vanilla with a pinch cinnamon powder too.
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    Comments

    1. Nivedhanams Sowmya

      December 27, 2012 at 3:49 am

      so healthy and so delicious... picture perfect pictures as usual!!!
      Sowmya
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    2. Sudha Sabarish

      December 27, 2012 at 3:54 am

      Very healthy superb Raji.Can we use Quaker oats instead of rolled oats.

      Reply
    3. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 27, 2012 at 4:02 am

      You mean quick cook oats? Not sure about the baking time. It may get burnt Sudha.

      Reply
    4. Reshmi Mahesh

      December 27, 2012 at 4:22 am

      Healthy and perfect looking granola...Love the clicks..

      Reply
    5. Sangeetha Nambi

      December 27, 2012 at 4:28 am

      Real healthy one Raji... Keep Rocking...
      http://recipe-excavator.blogspot.com

      Reply
    6. prathibha Garre

      December 27, 2012 at 4:50 am

      Granola is my fav snack too..love the shots especially the last one,gud attempt raji

      Reply
    7. Kalpana Sareesh

      December 27, 2012 at 5:02 am

      they look gorgeous..

      Reply
    8. Menachery

      December 27, 2012 at 5:38 am

      you make me wnt to cook 🙂 i have tried your paneer pasanda and butter paneer, and everyone loved it .. yayyyy

      Reply
    9. APARNARAJESHKUMAR

      December 27, 2012 at 7:15 am

      loved the last photo

      Reply
    10. Aarthi

      December 27, 2012 at 7:49 am

      Awesome granola...Love it with milk..Perfect and Healthy Breakfast Raji..

      Reply
    11. Veena Theagarajan

      December 27, 2012 at 9:30 am

      healthy and power start for the day!

      Reply
    12. Shobha Kamath

      December 27, 2012 at 9:37 am

      Gr8 pics and a gr8 breakfast to start the day!

      Reply
    13. Shama Nagarajan

      December 27, 2012 at 11:09 am

      Super inviting ...Join me in Fast Food Event - Poha here :http://easy2cookrecipes.blogspot.in/2012/12/fast-food-poha-aval-flattened-rice.html

      Reply
    14. ANU

      December 27, 2012 at 2:12 pm

      nice and healthy granola....luv the clicks..
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      South Indian Cooking

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    15. divya

      December 27, 2012 at 4:20 pm

      look gorgeous n healthy...

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    16. Leena

      December 27, 2012 at 6:58 pm

      granola looks very tasty and crunchy...lovely pics!

      Reply
    17. PriyaVaasu

      December 27, 2012 at 8:43 pm

      Oh lovely raks! !! Love that serving bowl! !! Beautiful shot!!!! You must definitely do a post on food styling & photography! !!!

      Reply
    18. Home Cooked Oriya Food

      December 28, 2012 at 3:23 am

      lovely clicks... loved the last one... its that easy to make this ? I love it with sweet yogurt - yum!

      Reply
    19. Priya

      December 28, 2012 at 12:09 pm

      Wonderful granola, beautifully done..Love to start my day with it.

      Reply
    20. Sweetlime

      December 28, 2012 at 1:18 pm

      Yummy and beautiful stepwise process dear...Keep rocking...

      Reply
    21. VineelaSiva

      December 28, 2012 at 7:35 pm

      Very healthy definetly will try this.

      Reply
    22. suryalakshmi86

      December 29, 2012 at 11:06 am

      hai.. all your dishes are very good.. especially i love this one.. one doubt.. what is rolled oats? how can we get it?

      Reply
    23. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 31, 2012 at 4:53 pm

      Hi, Rolled oats is bigger in size than the instant/ quick cook oats. It takes longer time to cook. It should be there where ever you find quick cook oats in stores... Hope I helped you a bit.

      Reply
    24. Bhavana

      January 01, 2013 at 9:52 pm

      Hi, to add on to Rak's reply.... rolled oats =old-fashioned oats = flaked oats.
      Old fashioned oats is available in Quaker brand as well. Hope this helps.

      Reply
    25. Sharmilee! :)

      January 03, 2013 at 9:54 am

      I can have it for breakfast and even as a snack too...Great effort and try of the dropping shot Cool!! 🙂

      Reply
    26. suryalakshmi86

      January 04, 2013 at 3:20 pm

      Thank you sooo much:) planning to try this weekend

      Reply
    27. KS

      January 04, 2013 at 11:30 pm

      Hi Raks,

      I have 2 questions .

      1.did you use vanilla essence or vanilla extract?
      2. Did you mean old fashioned oats?

      Thanks in advance for your clarifications.

      Reply
    28. KS

      January 05, 2013 at 6:00 am

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    29. Harini

      January 28, 2013 at 2:44 am

      Beautiful pics. Even I love granola 🙂 my fav breakfast. Should try to make it at home .

      Reply
    30. swapnil

      October 12, 2013 at 12:35 pm

      Loved the way you have presented the recipe.
      Just one question- how many days does it stay good in an airtight container.

      Reply
    31. swapnil

      October 12, 2013 at 12:35 pm

      Loved the recipe. and the way you have presented it.
      just 1 question - how many days can you store it in an airtight container?

      Reply
    32. Sangeetha Veerappan

      February 23, 2018 at 11:28 am

      It’s bit non acceptable that u don’t even revert for a bug from your side wrt using honey at a high temp in your recipes. Sad!!

      Reply
    33. Sangeetha Veerappan

      March 24, 2018 at 1:03 am

      I understand your views but if u browse thro the health benefits of honey and what happens while heating, it will give a different perception in using honey for baking.. thanks for reverting

      Reply
    34. Sangeetha Veerappan

      May 18, 2018 at 11:09 pm

      Hi Raji,this is an awesome recipe.. however you have mentioned honey to be mixed and baked in the recipe. I hope you know the fact that honey shouldn’t be heated beyond 60degrees as it might turn dangerous to our body for various reasons. We can’t take chances with respect to food or mishandle any ingredient. I kindly advice u to find these kinda on hand so that your recipes shouldn’t mislead your followers. I hope u to take this positively so that it would help you as well as all your followers.

      Reply

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