Homemade Oat Granola Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Combine oats, flax, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl.
• In a small saucepan, melt butter and add honey.
• Once it starts to simmer, remove from heat and quickly stir in extract. Mix well, and pour over dry mixture. Mix to coat thoroughly, and place on a greased cookie sheet.
• Place into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes, until done.
• Allow to cool completely, break into large pieces and store in an airtight container.
• *Note - granola nuggets form better if you stir the granola as little as possible while baking, and don't stir it at all while it's cooling.

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, toast oats over medium heat until golden brown. Remove and set aside. In the same skillet, cook and stir the brown sugar, honey and butter over medium-low heat until bubbly, 1-2 minutes. , Stir in the almonds, raisins, coconut and oats until coated. Cool. Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, mix together the oats, light brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Stir the honey, oil and vanilla extract into the dry ingredients. Use your hands if necessary to make sure it's well combined.
• Spread the mixture in an even layer on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes and then remove from the oven and stir; add the chopped almonds. Return to the oven and bake until everything is toasted and evenly browned, an additional 10 minutes.
• Allow the granola to cool on the baking sheet, then add the dried cranberries and toss to distribute. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.

Steps:

• Pour oatmeal into a glass microwaveable dish and cook for two minutes; stirring once. (YES microwave the oats! I'm not sure why, but this is how I learned to do it in my 7th grade home ec class and it has worked for me every time).
• Combine all other ingredients into a bowl.
• Add in oatmeal.
• Stir until well blended.
• To finish, use either the microwave or oven. Both methods are listed below --
• Microwave method: Pour mixture into a glass dish and microwave on high for 4 minutes or until golden brown.
• Stir every minute.
• Cool on wax paper.
• Enjoy!
• OR --
• Oven method: Pour mixture into a large cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
• Stir every 5 minutes.
• Add 1/2 cup of raisins.
• Cool on wax paper.
• Enjoy!