Ninas Healthy Granola Recipes

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, wheat germ, coconut, nuts and nonfat dry milk.
• Combine honey, oil, water and vanilla (in separate dish).
• Add slowly to oat mixture and stir to coat.
• Turn into 2 large pans (shallow -- like a cookie sheet).
• Heat in 300 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.
• Stir twice during heating. Stir occasionally while cooling.
• Add berries, store in tightly sealed containers or bag, and enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Put oats in a microwaveable bowl and cook for two minutes, stirring after one. (This warms the oats helping to melt all the ingredients together).
• Add remaining ingredients, except the dried fruit, and stir until very well blended.
• Pour mixture into two large oven safe dishes and bake for 20 minutes, stirring every five.
• Add dried fruit.
• Spread on wax paper to cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. In a small saucepan, combine water, honey, molasses and oil. Heat for 3-4 minutes over medium until heated through. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla, salt and cinnamon. Pour over oat mixture; stir to coat., Transfer to a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until lightly browned, 25-30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Stir in dried fruits. Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine oats, cereal, and wheat germ or flaxseed in large bowl.
• Heat brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, oil, and salt in saucepan just until sauce melts together.
• Remove from heat, add vanilla, stir, and add to oat mixture.
• Thoroughly fold sauce into the cereal. This takes a bit of patience and the cereal mixture will appear a bit dry.
• Spread onto greased jelly roll pan.
• Bake approximately 20 minutes, taking out to stir (so the edges don't burn) every 6 or 7 minutes, until it is toasted to your liking. I like it nice and crunchy so I let mine go about 24 minutes or so normally.
• Cool, stirring every 5 minutes or so to ensure that it doesn't clump together too much - it will not harden in "clusters," rather it ends up a little looser like cereal, which is great for sprinkling over yogurt.
• Store in airtight container.
• *VARIATION for adults: Replace crisp rice cereal with 2 cups nuts of choice - almonds, walnuts, pecans, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, etc. or combination. Follow remainder of recipe as directed.

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients.
• Stir in honey, oil and vanilla. Mix thoroughly.
• Divide into 2 equal parts and bake each part in a 15 x 10 inch cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes until golden brown stirring occasionally.
• Stir in ½ the apples into each part. Cool. Stir with a fork until crumbly.
• Store in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator.