Maple-Walnut Granola

"A friend brought this out for our kids to snack on while we chatted but I could not stop eating it by handfuls myself. I like the simplicity of it."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Combine oats, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl.
  • In a separate bowl,mix maple syrup, vanilla, and oil.
  • Pour syrup mixture over oat mixture and combine until all ingredients are well incorporated.
  • Spread mixture onto parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake 15 minutes.
  • Stir and return to the oven 10 minutes longer.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
  • Granola may be stored up to 2 weeks in an airtight container.

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Reviews

  1. Made this for my dbf - made a few changes - added 1 cup wheat bran, used 1/2 cup almonds instead of walnuts and lowered the maple syrup to 3/4 cup - it turned out not to sweet and he loved it!! Thanks Kitchen Witch Steph! :)
     
  2. easy to make, Great flavor.I added sunflower seeds,pecans and walnuts,I use it with plain unflavored no fat greek yogurt. i also added dried cranberries and blueberries. thank you for a healthy recipe.
     
  3. This is good. I am not a fan of nuts , so, I didnt add any. I intend to have it for breakfast with cold milk
     
  4. I chose to use this recipe because it was very simple (and I had most of the ingredients in my cupboard). I made several changes: I used 1/2 cup pecans and a 1/2 cup sunflower seeds instead of the walnuts. I also added about 2/3 a cup of dried berries and fruit midway during the baking time. It took a little longer to bake than the given time, but I think that was because I used a smaller baking pan than was needed. It came out very well. Thank you for the recipe!
     
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  1. Made this for my dbf - made a few changes - added 1 cup wheat bran, used 1/2 cup almonds instead of walnuts and lowered the maple syrup to 3/4 cup - it turned out not to sweet and he loved it!! Thanks Kitchen Witch Steph! :)
     
  2. I chose to use this recipe because it was very simple (and I had most of the ingredients in my cupboard). I made several changes: I used 1/2 cup pecans and a 1/2 cup sunflower seeds instead of the walnuts. I also added about 2/3 a cup of dried berries and fruit midway during the baking time. It took a little longer to bake than the given time, but I think that was because I used a smaller baking pan than was needed. It came out very well. Thank you for the recipe!
     

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