Crunchy Granola (Muesli)
"I adapted this easy-to-make granola from the first Harrowsmith cookbook (I made a big reduction in butter and it still works). Because we have a houseful of people, I usually double the amounts shown here. If you feed a crowd, too, make sure you have a large enough pan. My ceramic roasting pan—which is 11" x 14"—holds a double recipe comfortably.
UPDATE: At an exchange student's request, we are now adding cinnamon. Good addition. The recipe has been revised accordingly."
photo by Lalaloula
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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16
ingredients
- 4 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup wheat germ
- 1 cup finely shredded coconut
- 1⁄4 cup sesame seeds
- 1⁄2 cup sunflower seeds
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup raisins (currants and diced apricots are also good) or 1/2 cup other dried fruit (currants and diced apricots are also good)
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup honey (depending on your sweet tooth)
- 1⁄2 tablespoon milk
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine all the dry ingredients in the baking pan (first six items). Add raisins (or other dried fruits) after cooking.
- Heat the butter, honey, milk and salt in a small saucepan until all the butter melts.
- Dribble honey–butter mixture over dry ingredients, and mix well to moisten all the dry ingredients.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes (depending on how hot your oven runs), stirring frequently.
- This can easily over-brown (burn), so keep an eye on it.
- Remove from oven and stir in the raisins or other dried fruit.
- When cool, store in an airtight container. It keeps very well.
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WONDERFUL granola!!! I cut the oats to 3 cups so I could add lots of nuts ~ pecans, almonds, and macadamias. I used ground flax meal instead of wheat germ, pepitas instead of sunflower seeds, golden flax seeds instead of sesame, and I also added 1/4 cup chia seeds. I used organic coconut oil instead of butter, raw tupelo honey, almond milk and sea salt. I did add the cinnamon (1 teaspoon) and I was so very glad I did. This smelled heavenly while baking, and I stirred every 4 minutes as even 5 minutes was crisping some of the oats! I added dried organic blueberries once it came out of the oven. Was going to use dried banana chips, but DH has already eaten them, but will try those next time. I think I like this better than my own granola recipe LOL It's a wonderful recipe Peggy ~ so glad I chose it ! Made for ZWT 6 - GERMANY/BENELUX for the Queens of Quisine. -
This is fantastic and so easy to customize. To lower the fat a bit I kept the butter the same and increased everything else except the honey. It came out great. Thanks for posting. -
HAHAHAAAAAA!!! I finally found IT, THE ultimate recipe, the one I have been looking for, the one I ate every morning for over 5 month, the one Thibault used to steal in a little container before he go back home, THE MUESLI. I'm glad I found it and I'm finally able to write a review about it, but I had to. Anyone who eats more than a box of it a week should write a review about it anyway. Thanks again Peggy for helping me and making me all these boxes. And congratulation for the very good idea of the cinnamon , I know what I'm talking about and it really makes a big difference. +it's very easy to make, the proof is that I didn't blow the kitchen up. (quiete an achievment to be honnest)
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I would add more cinnamon and reduce the amount of raisins, but overall it tastes great! I have eaten this for breakfast every day this week, and I'm making another batch right now for next week :) -
Peggy, this is such a yummy recipe! It is crunchy, sweet and full of flavour! Love it! <br/>I made half the recipe as it is just my sis and me and we devoured this! :)<br/>Following some other reviewers suggestion I used ground flax seeds in place of the wheat germ as thats what I had on hand and I really enjoyed the nuttyness this added to the granola. <br/>Instead of honey I used agave syrup and that turned out nice and sweet.<br/>The cinnamon was a great touch (I doubled the amount).<br/>THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this keeper with us! <br/>Made and reviewed for Make My Recipe #12 November 2010.
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Peggy, this is such a yummy recipe! It is crunchy, sweet and full of flavour! Love it! <br/>I made half the recipe as it is just my sis and me and we devoured this! :)<br/>Following some other reviewers suggestion I used ground flax seeds in place of the wheat germ as thats what I had on hand and I really enjoyed the nuttyness this added to the granola. <br/>Instead of honey I used agave syrup and that turned out nice and sweet.<br/>The cinnamon was a great touch (I doubled the amount).<br/>THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this keeper with us! <br/>Made and reviewed for Make My Recipe #12 November 2010.
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Yummy and healthy...you can't beat that. I used sesame sticks in place of the sesame seed. I also added dried cranberries, sunflower seeds and roasted peanuts. I did use the cinnamon and also used the full 1/2 cup of honey. Super simple to make and tastes great. Made for July 2010 Aus/NZ Swap. -
WONDERFUL granola!!! I cut the oats to 3 cups so I could add lots of nuts ~ pecans, almonds, and macadamias. I used ground flax meal instead of wheat germ, pepitas instead of sunflower seeds, golden flax seeds instead of sesame, and I also added 1/4 cup chia seeds. I used organic coconut oil instead of butter, raw tupelo honey, almond milk and sea salt. I did add the cinnamon (1 teaspoon) and I was so very glad I did. This smelled heavenly while baking, and I stirred every 4 minutes as even 5 minutes was crisping some of the oats! I added dried organic blueberries once it came out of the oven. Was going to use dried banana chips, but DH has already eaten them, but will try those next time. I think I like this better than my own granola recipe LOL It's a wonderful recipe Peggy ~ so glad I chose it ! Made for ZWT 6 - GERMANY/BENELUX for the Queens of Quisine.
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i subbed natural peanut butter for the butter. and reduced sunflower seeds to about an 1/8th and subbed with also a 1/8th sliced almond. and 1-8th ground flax seed. forgot the raisins. I love. thank you. -
This was very easy to make. Instead of 1/2 cup sunflower seeds I reduced it to 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds and added 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds. Also, instead of sesame seeds I used whole flax seeds for omega-3's!. I also added more dried fruit than suggested because I love raisins. I used a full teaspoon if not more cinnamon as well. I will reiterate that it needs to be stirred often especially if you bake it for 30 minutes. The wheat germ made the muesli more powdery than I would've liked and it crisped very easily on the bottom of my pan. Otherwise very tasty recipe.
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