Nicole’s Healthy Homemade Granola

I love Nature’s Path Pumpkin Seed Granola, but at $3-4 per box, it was starting to get a little expensive.  So, I decided to make my own granola, and it is delish!  Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 4 cups Old-fashioned oats
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds or walnuts
• 1/3 cup ground flax seed (I like Bob’s Red Mill, pictured above)
• 1/3 cup wheat germ (I like Kretschmer, pictured right)
• 1 Tablespoon cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.  Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
2. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Spread granola onto cookie sheet and cook in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until desired crunchiness. 
4. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

The result? A delicious and crunchy granola, good enough to give away as a holiday gift!

I like to enjoy my granola on top of plain, fat-free yogurt, with a drizzle of honey and a chopped Fuyu persimmon.  Heaven!

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