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I used to have trouble getting the right bake on granola until I tried Alton Brown’s method. Baking it low and slow is how you can avoid that bitter taste of overcooked oats.
You can add any dried fruits or nuts that you want to the granola. Make it personal man! If you go nuts for coconuts go ahead and add some dried flakes. If you don’t have both honey and maple syrup, it’s fine to use just one or the other.
This granola is super tasty in yogurt, milk, frozen yogurt, or trail mix.
Super Basic Granola with Pumpkin Seeds
Ingredients
- 3 cups rolled oats
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- Pinch salt
- ⅓ pumpkin seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250.
- Pour oats and pumpkin seeds into a bowl. Add salt, cinnamon and sugar. Smash sugar clumps and combine well.
- Mix wet ingredients together.
- Drizzle wet into the dry and mix well.
- Line cookie sheet with parchment.
- Pour mixture on to pan. Smooth out to a flat layer.
- Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes, stirring 3 times.
