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Basic Granola
If you want the best homemade granola recipe ever, this is it. It's crunchy and a tiny bit chewy and bursting with flavor. I will never tire of it!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Ingredients
- 6 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup shredded coconut sweetened or unsweetened
- 6 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- Heaping 1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 3/4 cup honey
- 6 tablespoons oil canola oil, coconut oil, or vegetable oil all work great
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
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Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
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In a small saucepan, heat honey and oil until well-combined. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
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Pour the liquid over the dry ingredients and stir until the dry ingredients are evenly coated.
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Spread the granola evenly onto a baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes, stirring every ten minutes (be especially careful to get the edges since that's where it's most likely to burn).
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Let cool and store in an airtight container.
