Homemade Granola

Directions

• To get started, the first thing you’re going to want to do is pre-heat your oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Next, we will need our oats. You’ll need 4 cups of old-fashioned oats for my granola recipe.
• We’ll also add 1 cup of nuts.
• I’m going to be using whole almonds, but if you want to substitute a different nut that would be fine.
• Pecans or cashews would also be great options.
• Next, I’m adding 1 cup of dried cranberries.
• If you wanted to use raisins instead that would also work, but I hate raisins so we’re sticking with cranberries.
• I also like to add a little bit of ground flaxseed to my granola. This is 2 tablespoons of flaxseed.
• I’m just gonna use a spatula to toss together all of these ingredients until they’re nicely combined.
• So I am going to set my oat mixture aside for now and I’m going to need a separate bowl so we can combine our wet ingredients.
• Start with 1/3 cup of honey.
• Add 1/3 cup of canola or vegetable oil.
• 1/3 cup of firmly packed light brown sugar.
• 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract.
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
• Now you’re going to want to use a whisk to whisk these ingredients together until they’re completely combined.
• Now there’s one more liquid ingredient that we’re going to add to our other liquid ingredients, in just a minute. Now that’s one large egg white, however, before we add it to our other ingredients, we are going to use a whisk to beat this until it’s frothy, so about 30 seconds.
• We’ll add this beaten egg white into our honey mixture.
• And we’ll just whisk again until that’s nicely combined.
• So now let’s bring back our oat mixture, and we’re going to pour this honey mixture into the oats. Make sure we get all of that in there.
• Stir these ingredients together until all of our dry ingredients are coated by this honey mixture.
• So our granola is now ready to bake, so you’re going to need a cookie sheet, and I’ve lined this one with a silicone baking mat. if you don’t have one, you can just use parchment paper instead.
• I’m just gonna pour this granola onto the baking sheet. So now you want to use your spatula to make sure you smooth this evenly over your pan.
• You want a nice even layer of granola. That way none of it burns and you want it to go right up to the edge of your pan.
• Now we’ll transfer our granola to our 275 degree fahrenheit preheated oven where it will need to bake for about 50 to 55 minutes.
• Once this homemade granola has finished baking, you’ll notice it has a nice deeper golden-brown color to it.
• You’re going to let it sit until it’s cooled completely.
• Now you can use a wooden spoon, or a spatula, or even your hands to break it up into nice clumpy pieces.
• Your homemade granola is ready!