You know I love to complain about how expensive granola is.
Ever since I started eating clean, I have been a granola fiend. Granola makes me super happy – but my wallet? Not so much.
My fam has been telling me for months that I should make my own, but since granola-making seemed like a foreign art to me, I stuck with buying a bag a week from Whole Paycheck Foods for seven bucks a pop.
But I finally gave in last week and forced my brother to send me the recipe for homemade granola that he and his gf use.
I changed it around a teensy bit and love the results! It tastes just as good as the store-bought stuff, but at half the price.
Yay for cost efficient granola!
Ingredients:
3 cups rolled oats
3 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup milled flaxseed
1/4 cup prunes
Directions:
Preheat oven to 300F.
Stir together oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
Add canola oil, maple syrup, and vanilla extract.
Mix everything up with your hands.
Spread the mixture in a thin, even layer on 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and pour back into the mixing bowl. Stir in pecans and flaxseed, then put back in oven for 15 minutes.
Take the baking sheets out of the oven and stir in prunes.
Thanks as always to the newly preggers Jenn @ Peas and Crayons for hosting What I Ate Wednesday!
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