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Home » BAKING » GRANOLA RECIPE (HOMEMADE GRANOLA RECIPE)

GRANOLA RECIPE (HOMEMADE GRANOLA RECIPE)

December 27, 2012 by Raks Anand 34 Comments /

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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 muselix 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. I 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. Its 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.
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Granola recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Continental  |  Recipe Category: Breakfast
Prep Time:10 mins    |  Cook time: 28 mins     |  Makes: 2& 1/2 cups

Ingredients

Rolled oats – 2 cups


Almonds, chopped – 1/4 cup


Dates, chopped – 1/4 cup


Raisins – 2 tbsp


Brown sugar – 1 &1/2 tbsp


Honey – 3 tbsp


Salt – a pinch


Vanilla essence – 3 drops


Cooking oil – 2 tblsp

Method

  1. 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 tbsp at a time and mix well.
  2. 1-granola

  3. Add oil and vanilla essence and mix well. Line a baking tray with butter paper/ parchment paper and spread the mixture evenly.
  4. 2-granola

  5. 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.
  6. 3-granola

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.

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 🙂

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One more shot of dropping granola to justify the number of shots I tried to capture it. Thanks for the motivation Sharmi 🙂
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  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.

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  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!

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  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?

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  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 1, 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 3, 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 4, 2013 at 3:20 pm

    Thank you sooo much:) planning to try this weekend

    Reply
  27. KS

    January 4, 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 5, 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.

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  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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