Granola

A very delicious and healthy granola recipe that has no oil is on food network:
low calorie granola

LOW CALORIE GRANOLA: (food network)

Ingredients: (Serves 16)

8 c. oats

2 t. cinnamon (optional)

2 c. nuts

1 t. salt (only us 3/4 t. salt if you don't add any nuts)

1 1/2 c. brown sugar

1/2 c. water

4 t. pure vanilla

Directions:

1. Stir oats, cinnamon, nuts, and salt in a large bowl

2. Microwave brown sugar & water for a couple of minutes

3. Stir in vanilla, then add wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

4. Bake on 2 cookie sheets, lined with parchment paper, at 275* for 45 min.

(Rotate oven racks half way through baking time)

5. Cool completely, then store in an airtight container.

(1 serving= 1c -2T. cooked granola)

TRADITIONAL GRANOLA
DRY INGREDIENTS:

Double        Single                                                         

12 c            6 c. oats                                                     

1 t.              ½ t. salt                                                    

1 c.              ½ c. dry milk                                              

1 1/3 c.        2/3 c. coconut                                             

1 c.              ½ c. sunflower seeds                                   

1c.               ½ c. chopped nuts                                      

½ c.             ¼ c. wheat flour                                            

1 T              ½ T. cinnamon (or 1 t. if you like less)

1 1/3 c         2/3 c. raisins (after cooked)

WET INGREDIENTS:

2/3 c            1/3 c. canola oil (or melted butter)

1 1/3 c         2/3 c. honey

2 t.              1 t. vanilla      

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 375*

2. Stir dry ingredients in a very large bowl.
(can chop nuts in blender for a few seconds if needed)

3. Place wet ingredients in a small bowl.

4. Heat wet ingredients in the microwave for 1 minute, then whisk well. 

5. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients and distribute it evenly.

6. Put into 2 brownie pans and bake for 15 minutes, stirring after 7 minutes.

Or 2 cookie sheets for double batch (DO NOT OVERCOOK)

7. Take out of the oven and sprinkle 1/3 c. raisins in each pan.
(2/3 c. for each cookie sheet)

8. Serve with yogurt or milk (1/2 c. granola + 1/3 c. yogurt per serving)

(I flavor a quart of plain yogurt with 3 T. sugar and 1 t. vanilla first)
*The single batch makes 12 c. granola, serving 12 people twice (with 1/2c. serving each)
*The double batch makes 24 c. granola, serving 12 people 4 times or 8 people 6 times
(In our house, everyone eats a 1 1/2 servings,
which is 3/4c. granola + 1/2c. greek yogurt (or 1 c. milk),
 so the double batch serves 8 of us 4 times))

SIMPLE GRANOLA 

Ingredients:

Small Batch                  Large Batch

7 ¾ c. oats                   11 c. oats

¾ t. salt                        1 t. salt

¾ c. wheat flour            1 c. wheat flour

2 t. cinnamon                1 T. cinnamon

½ c. canola oil              2/3 c. canola oil

1 c. honey                    1 1/3 c. honey

1 ½ t. vanilla                 2 t. vanilla

Directions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 375*

2. Stir dry ingredients in a very large bowl.

3. Melt wet ingredients in a microwave measuring bowl or on the stove.

4. Stir into dry ingredients.

5. Pour smaller batch onto 2 brownie pans, or larger batch onto 2 cookie sheets.

6. Bake for 15 minutes, switching pans halfway if using cookie sheets.

7. Slice bananas and place in bowls (½ banana per person)  

8. Flavor 6 c. plain yogurt with 6 T. sugar and ¾ t. vanilla

(or 4 c. plain yogurt + ¼ c. sugar + ½ t. vanilla for a family of 6)

9. Pour 2/3 c. flavored yogurt on top of the bananas in each bowl.

10. Sprinkle 2/3 c. cooked granola on top of the yogurt in each bowl.

*The small batch makes about 12 cups total, which serves 8 people twice with 2/3 c. per serving.

*The large batch makes about 16 cups total, which serves 6 people four times with 2/3 c. per serving.

Large Batch Simple Granola
18c rolled oats
5c white wheat flour
2c powdered mik
3T. Cinnamon
4t. Salt
2 1/2c brown sugar
2c canola oil
2c water
 250* 45 min 4 cookie sheets
 Crunch, stir it up, rotate racks
 30-45 min again... Really brown
 Totally cool down