Recipe
This Healthy Granola Can Be Eaten for Breakfast or Dessert
Granola — a word for both a delicious grain-based snack and lovers of earthy living. The snack version of granola is always relevant because it's delicious and works well plain or with milk, as a midnight snack or a great breakfast. It transcends a stratified meal category, and is actually super easy to make. Within 10 minutes, you'll have your own granola batch ready to go. Within 40 minutes, your kitchen will be smelling heavenly and your stomach will be filled.
This recipe is so easy and flexible, it's gotten to the point where I don't really measure anything and just hope for the best, which it inevitably ends up being. It's really hard to mess this one up. This will definitely become your go-to recipe for a versatile and quick snack. Here is the basic recipe that you can customize with whatever you have on hand:
Easy Granola
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 55 mins
- Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 3/4 cup pecan pieces
- 1/4 cup almond slivers
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup coconut oil melted
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 bag Trader Joe's roasted coconut chips
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
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This granola recipe isn't like most things you'll bake. It doesn't require intense, meticulous measuring or any form of finesse. Just be on your Remy game ("Ratatouille," anyone?) and toss those ingredients in like you know what you're doing. Follow the loose measurements, but more so the granola chef in you. Have fun, and eat well.
If you're interested in a more solid, portable form of granola (aka a granola bar) check out how to make your own here.