Saturday, June 17, 2006
Sunydazy's Homemade Granola
Today is baking day around here.
Thought I'd share one of our family staples: Granola.
I have a batch in the oven right now and it smells delicious!
The following recipe is probably not big enough for anyone with 4 kids or more. I would double it for a large family. We have 5 kiddos but 2 of them are still nursing, so I make this size batch and we eat this for breakfast about 3 or 4 mornings each week. The rest of the mornings we eat yogurt and fruit, eggs and toast, berry smoothies or something else. I should also note that we use organic ingredients whenever possible. I got the original recipe from a cookbook called Heart and Hearth but adapted it to suit our family and cooking style.
This recipe is very flexible and lends itself well to substitutions and additions. Have fun trying it and let me know what changes you make. I'd love to hear your results.
Homemade Granola
9-10 cups oatmeal
2 cups grated coconut
3/4 cup rapadura (natural sugar)
1 -2 cups coconut oil
1-2 sticks real butter (not margarine)- melted
1/2 cup flaxseed meal
1/2 cup almond flour
Cinnamon (to taste)
1/2 to 1 cup walnut or pecan pieces or almond slices
1 cup raisins
1-2 cups Ezekiel Cereal or sprouted, dried grain of your choice (optional)
Stir dry ingredients (except raisins and Ezekiel Cereal) together in a jelly roll pan or large cookie sheet with edges. Stir in coconut oil and butter. Spend some time trying to coat as much of the oats with oil and butter as possible. Bake in 250 degree oven for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove from oven and add Ezekiel Cereal and raisins. Let cool. Store in airtight container. Serve with real milk (or cream) and savor every bite! Yummy!
Sunydazy
• Jun. 19, 2006 - Sounds yummy!
Posted by Jessica
Now Im hungry! LOL Jessica http://jessicaslilcorner.tz4.com
Jun. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by 5boys2girls4now
Sounds VERY good. I have always wanted to make my own granola, but find it to be a bit overwhelming for some resaon. I won't even make chex mix. I might try it though. Today we happened to have yogurt smoothies with stawberries, bananas, and coconut cream, because I made yogurt the other day and it came out a bit runny, but normally my kids would "die" of hunger if that was all they got to eat. Within 30min of finishing they will be asking what they can have to eat next because they are *starving*. We normally will have either oatmeal with VO coconut oil or butter or an egg dish for breakfast and that will hold them for an hour or 2. I will let you know if I make the granola and how it turns out.
• Jul. 10, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by 5boys2girls4now
I am making a double batch of this right now. One with nuts and one without (becuase my DH doesn't like most nuts). I used honey instead of Rapadura and won't be adding the sprouted grains, but other than that, I stuck to your recipe. We will probably toss in some dates and dried papaya along with some raisins and serve with fresh homemade yogurt:) YUM!
Thought I'd share one of our family staples: Granola.
I have a batch in the oven right now and it smells delicious!
The following recipe is probably not big enough for anyone with 4 kids or more. I would double it for a large family. We have 5 kiddos but 2 of them are still nursing, so I make this size batch and we eat this for breakfast about 3 or 4 mornings each week. The rest of the mornings we eat yogurt and fruit, eggs and toast, berry smoothies or something else. I should also note that we use organic ingredients whenever possible. I got the original recipe from a cookbook called Heart and Hearth but adapted it to suit our family and cooking style.
This recipe is very flexible and lends itself well to substitutions and additions. Have fun trying it and let me know what changes you make. I'd love to hear your results.
Homemade Granola
9-10 cups oatmeal
2 cups grated coconut
3/4 cup rapadura (natural sugar)
1 -2 cups coconut oil
1-2 sticks real butter (not margarine)- melted
1/2 cup flaxseed meal
1/2 cup almond flour
Cinnamon (to taste)
1/2 to 1 cup walnut or pecan pieces or almond slices
1 cup raisins
1-2 cups Ezekiel Cereal or sprouted, dried grain of your choice (optional)
Stir dry ingredients (except raisins and Ezekiel Cereal) together in a jelly roll pan or large cookie sheet with edges. Stir in coconut oil and butter. Spend some time trying to coat as much of the oats with oil and butter as possible. Bake in 250 degree oven for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove from oven and add Ezekiel Cereal and raisins. Let cool. Store in airtight container. Serve with real milk (or cream) and savor every bite! Yummy!
Sunydazy
• Jun. 19, 2006 - Sounds yummy!
Posted by Jessica
Now Im hungry! LOL Jessica http://jessicaslilcorner.tz4.com
Jun. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by 5boys2girls4now
Sounds VERY good. I have always wanted to make my own granola, but find it to be a bit overwhelming for some resaon. I won't even make chex mix. I might try it though. Today we happened to have yogurt smoothies with stawberries, bananas, and coconut cream, because I made yogurt the other day and it came out a bit runny, but normally my kids would "die" of hunger if that was all they got to eat. Within 30min of finishing they will be asking what they can have to eat next because they are *starving*. We normally will have either oatmeal with VO coconut oil or butter or an egg dish for breakfast and that will hold them for an hour or 2. I will let you know if I make the granola and how it turns out.
• Jul. 10, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by 5boys2girls4now
I am making a double batch of this right now. One with nuts and one without (becuase my DH doesn't like most nuts). I used honey instead of Rapadura and won't be adding the sprouted grains, but other than that, I stuck to your recipe. We will probably toss in some dates and dried papaya along with some raisins and serve with fresh homemade yogurt:) YUM!
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