Healthy Granola

"Not sure where I got this recipe. I’ve made it and really liked it. When I made it I used salted pumpkinseeds, as I couldn’t find unsalted. It was a little salty but not too bad. The next time I make it I will rinse the pumpkinseeds and see if that helps. I wanted to share and see what the nutritional information was."
 
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Ready In:
2hrs
Ingredients:
14
Yields:
1/2 Cup
Serves:
14
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat oven to 350°. Place coconut on ungreased sheet, and toast until light golden, about 6 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  • Reduce oven temperature to 300°. Lightly oil two baking pans. In a large bowl, combine rolled oats, flaxseeds, wheat germ, pumpkinseeds, and almonds; set aside.
  • In a small saucepan, bring cider to a boil; cook until liquid has reduced to 1/2 cup, about 7 minutes. Stir in oil, maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and vanilla extract. Remove pan from heat, pour liquid over oat mixture, and combine thoroughly.
  • Divide mixture between baking pans, and bake until golden brown, about 40 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
  • Transfer to a large bowl, and stir in dried cranberries and toasted coconut. Store in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.
  • You may also add an optional 1/2 cup dried mission figs, quartered lengthwise.

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Reviews

  1. This is my favorite cereal! I have put it in my little own healthy recipes cookbook which I give out to people who ask me about eating healthy. I don't use the coconut, and I substitute different juices for the apple juice -- cranberry, grape, etc. Also I don't chop the almonds nor use cranberries.
     
  2. I have made this granola several times now. If I totally go by the recipe it is absolutely delicious. A big difference is to use pure maple syrup instead of pancake syrup. Great!
     
  3. This granola was pretty good for a pretty low fat and low sugar recipe. I change some things around though. I omitted pumpkin seeds for walnuts, used apple juice instead of cider, used flax seed meal, no coconut and decreased amount of maple syrup in it. I also only needed to cook for 30 minutes and it was stil burnt a little. Anyways, a good recipe with some minor changes according to my taste!
     
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  1. I have made this granola several times now. If I totally go by the recipe it is absolutely delicious. A big difference is to use pure maple syrup instead of pancake syrup. Great!
     
  2. This granola was pretty good for a pretty low fat and low sugar recipe. I change some things around though. I omitted pumpkin seeds for walnuts, used apple juice instead of cider, used flax seed meal, no coconut and decreased amount of maple syrup in it. I also only needed to cook for 30 minutes and it was stil burnt a little. Anyways, a good recipe with some minor changes according to my taste!
     

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