This recipe started from one of my favorite cookbooks called, Simply in Season by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert.
It's not that sweet, but it hits the spot. I have taken their basic recipe and added a little here and changed a thing or two there. We eat it as a snack, but mostly we use it as our cereal. When you can't have Gluten/Dairy/Corn/Soy/Sugar, cereal is around $6 a box. We just can't do that. Plus the bonus is that when you make your own cereal, you control what goes in it, and you keep the preservatives out.
Again, the way I approach recipes is to look at them like a base. Here is your granola base, but think about what you like to eat, what your family likes to eat. If you won't eat raisins, don't put them in. On the other side of that coin however, is the idea to try to stretch your tastes, include items that you know are good for you, but you wouldn't normally eat.
HEARTY GLUTEN FREE GRANOLA
Preheat oven to 300 degree's
3 cups GF oats
1 cup GF flour blend, (I really like to use Coconut flour for its added sweetness)
1/4 cup coconut sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of Sea Salt
1/4 teaspoon of ginger
Handful of Chia seeds or hemp seeds
Mix together in a large bowl. Make a well in the center then add:
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup honey
1/4 milk
1/2 cup nuts or dried fruit (raisns, walnuts, pine nuts, sunflower seeds, coconut flakes, cashews, almonds, chopped dates, etc.)
Mix well and pour into a cake pan. Place on middle rack in oven for 45-55 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
* Adding the coconut sugar the first few times you make this will help in the transition of flavors. Once you start enjoying homemade granola cereal, you can leave out the added sugar.
I always like to double this recipe because my kids like eating it so much, doubling up just means I have to make it less. Saving time and energy in the kitchen means to have more time and energy for my family. So make it once, if you like it, always double it so you have it on hand. Store in airtight jars or containers.
We love eating this with almond milk in the morning, or in the evening as a snack.
Enjoy!
It's not that sweet, but it hits the spot. I have taken their basic recipe and added a little here and changed a thing or two there. We eat it as a snack, but mostly we use it as our cereal. When you can't have Gluten/Dairy/Corn/Soy/Sugar, cereal is around $6 a box. We just can't do that. Plus the bonus is that when you make your own cereal, you control what goes in it, and you keep the preservatives out.
Again, the way I approach recipes is to look at them like a base. Here is your granola base, but think about what you like to eat, what your family likes to eat. If you won't eat raisins, don't put them in. On the other side of that coin however, is the idea to try to stretch your tastes, include items that you know are good for you, but you wouldn't normally eat.
HEARTY GLUTEN FREE GRANOLA
Preheat oven to 300 degree's
3 cups GF oats
1 cup GF flour blend, (I really like to use Coconut flour for its added sweetness)
1/4 cup coconut sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of Sea Salt
1/4 teaspoon of ginger
Handful of Chia seeds or hemp seeds
Mix together in a large bowl. Make a well in the center then add:
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup honey
1/4 milk
1/2 cup nuts or dried fruit (raisns, walnuts, pine nuts, sunflower seeds, coconut flakes, cashews, almonds, chopped dates, etc.)
Mix well and pour into a cake pan. Place on middle rack in oven for 45-55 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
* Adding the coconut sugar the first few times you make this will help in the transition of flavors. Once you start enjoying homemade granola cereal, you can leave out the added sugar.
I always like to double this recipe because my kids like eating it so much, doubling up just means I have to make it less. Saving time and energy in the kitchen means to have more time and energy for my family. So make it once, if you like it, always double it so you have it on hand. Store in airtight jars or containers.
We love eating this with almond milk in the morning, or in the evening as a snack.
Enjoy!