How to Make Granola
I wasn’t planning on blogging about my granola, as recipes can be found all over the web for making granola. What the food blogosphere does NOT need is another granola recipe, regardless of how easy or great mine is. But ever since I’ve made it, AJ has eaten it for breakfast pretty much every single day, slowly weaning himself off of prepackaged cereal. Partly it’s because he’s been trying to eat less processed food, partly he’s found that the breakfast cereals out there (including the pre-packaged granola that we’ve found) is too sweet. I guess our tastes have shifted a bit as we’ve aged, and hence our self-deprecating nickname for it – old person cereal. “You have to blog about it!” he’s said to me numerous times, and what I love about his insistence is that he’s right. I do. Because this is probably the easiest recipe for granola that I’ve seen out there short of just buying it at the store. In fact, it’s probably the ONLY recipe for granola you’ll ever need.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 5 of 7 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Fruit | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 3 cups (350 g) rolled cereal
- 2 cups (125 g) nuts
- 1 1/3 cups (200 g) seeds
- 2 1/4 teaspoon spices
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 cup dry sweetener
- 1/4 cup wet sweetener
- 1/3 cup oil or fat
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 1/2 cups (225 g) dried fruit