Autumn is in the air!
And with that comes busy schedules, meals on the go and even more of a good reason to eat healthy.
It’s very challenging to find healthy, quick and easy options that satisfy all of the members of my family! Let’s just say that each of us have individual opinions about what we like and dislike and leave it at that. However, we can all agree on granola as a healthy snack option! And it’s perfect for breakfast, a quick midday pick-me-up or it can satisfy a sweet tooth any time of day!
This wholesome, sweet treat has endless possibilities! You can create any combination of ingredients you wish. We like (and agree) on dried cranberry with slivered almonds, but you can switch it up with whatever dried fruit, nut or seed that tickles your fancy in any combination you like.
Just a few simple ingredients are needed to make this granola – whole oats, slivered almonds, dried cranberries and cinnamon.
Ahhhh, cinnamon. I just love cinnamon. Nutmeg would be good too.
Honey. Sweet, thick golden gooey honey…
and canola oil.
Mix the oil and honey together and pop it into the microwave for 1 minute. This will help marry the two and they will live happily ever after among the oats and other ingredients.
Note: Feel free to play around with the amount of oil you use, this recipe makes for a softer granola, if you’d like yours to be crunchy, cut down on the amount of oil.
Next, spread the oats onto a baking sheet with sides
Add the oil & honey, almonds and cinnamon and give a big stir. (Set the cranberries aside, they’ll be added in after the baking.)
Bake at 350ºF for 20 minutes, give the granola a stir half way through.
Can you smell that? Heaven. Pure heaven.
Add the dried cranberries and give another stir until all incorporated.
And…Ta Dah!
Wasn’t that easy?
Enjoy your granola by the hand full or try it my favorite way, sprinkled over a big dollop of Greek yogurt!
Happy Autumn!
Wenderly
Cranberry Almond Granola
Ingredients:
- 6 cups whole oats
- 1/2 cup canola oil (or less if you like a crunchier granola)
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Stir the canola oil and honey together and pop into microwave for 1 minute.
While the oil and honey are heating, place oats, almonds and cinnamon onto a baking sheet with sides.
Once oil and honey are heated, pour onto oat mixture and stir all ingredients until incorporated.
Bake at 350ºF for 20 minutes and give the granola a stir half way through.
After granola has cooled add the cranberries.
ENJOY!
Yum! I’m looking for new granola recipes for our trip this weekend. I didn’t know the less oil you used, the crisper the final product! Nice!
Love your site 🙂
That looks so nummy!! Looove the honey photo 😉 My honey adores honey, so I can’t wait to make this for him.
Yummy! I made granola for the first time a few months back and used dried cherries. This combo looks good too!
Homemade granola is the best! Great recipe. I can’t wait to meet you at Blogher Food!
That looks so yummy! I ahve been looking for a gronala recipe!
This looks so good and so easy! I’ve never made my own granola……think I’m going to give it a try! Thanks for sharing!
Yummy, yummy! It looks like the perfect thing a snack or even topping on some ice cream for dessert and most definitely over a scoop of Greek yogurt.
Robyn
Homemade granola is amazing…yours looks wonderful. We love toasted almonds in ours too!
Your pics are fantastic and the granola I wish was in my grubby little paws right now!
Wendy – I will for sure try this and what great pics!
Looks great! I really need to make some granola…I have not in awhile – my kids have nut allergies – which actually is all the more reason to whip up a batch, thanks for the inspiration!
I’ve been wanting to make granola for a while now! Maybe I will try this out, it looks and sounds delicious. We go through Trader Joe’s Just the Clusters Granola really fast. Found you through Mingle Monday. Have a great day!
This looks so simple and delicious!