Baked Honey Granola

Submitted by Sunshynetoo

"This is the chewiest granola I've ever eaten. It also has a really pretty glossy color. Great with yogurt and fruit. Yum! It takes ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. Keeps forever in a sealed container."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 3 cups
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 2 cups rolled oats, uncooked
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 1⁄3 cup slivered almonds
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 1⁄4 cup light olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup craisins (Dried blueberries are my favorite.) or 1/2 cup other dried fruit (Dried blueberries are my favorite.)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and almonds. In a glass measuring cup, warm honey in microwave for about 30 seconds. Add olive oil to the honey and stir.
3. Drizzle the honey-oil over the dry ingredients and mix to combine. Spread the mixture on a baking sheet sprayed with Pam.
4. Bake granola until golden and crunchy, stirring once, anywhere from 15 to 25 minutes, depending on your oven and pan.
5. Pour onto a sheet of wax paper or parchment paper to cool. Stir in the dried fruit. When cool, store in a sealed container. If it clumps, just give it a toss.

Reviews

[scfineman]

Don't look any further! This is the BEST granola recipe ever! I also add a cup of coconut and I use dried cherries. What a way to zip up dish of plain yogurt...drizzle with honey as well! Thanks for this recipe!!

 

[amanda_anica]

Love this recipe, its so yummy! I also loved the idea of heating the honey in the microwave! The only things I did differently was use slivered almonds that I chopped into smaller pieces (I wanted small to mix into yogurt) and I decreased the amount of olive oil so that I could add about a tablespoon of vanilla. I'm bookmarking this recipe to make again!

 

[children from A to Z]

I just finished making this and it came out great! My 4yr old just ate a bowl with yogurt for his snack. I didn't add any dried fruit and I used sliced almonds, that's all I had. I will be making this again for sure, so quick and easy, best of all it tastes great. Thanks so much for posting.

 

[Japanese Delight]

This was very good. I really liked the microwave technique, it made it easy and less to clean up. I used 6 cups of oats and but only doubled the honey, oil and sugar. It was perfect sweetness & texture for us. Also added chopped pecans. Thanks, I'll use this recipe again!!

 

[LonghornMama]

Very sweet and very crunchy. Quick and easy to make. For my tastes, I preferred this as a topping for yogurt to reduce the sweetness. Lots of healthy fats, and because it tastes like yummy oatmeal cookies, would be a great granola for kids. Thanks for sharing the recipe! Made for PAC Spring 2009.