Tuesday, September 18, 2012

homemade granola clusters

 This recipe I have had for a long time. It is an easy recipe for beginers that are starting a healthier lifestyle. All the ingredients are easily accessible in your local grocery store, or you may have in your pantry.


Homemade granola clusters

preheat an oven to 350

in a very large mixing bowl  toss together the dry mix
8 cups rolled oats (or other rolled grains)
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups of nuts, seeds, and or coconut
1/2 teaspoon salt

wet mix
1/2 cup oil
2 cups water
2 Tablespoons vanilla
1 Tablespoon maple flavoring

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until blended
pour out onto two cookie sheets breaking the mix up into small clusters
bake in a 350 oven  for about 30 minutes stirring halfway through and breaking up any big bunches
This makes soft baked clusters. for a more crunchy cluster, bake about 15 more minutes.


This is a great starter recipe for those trying to go a little healthier. When we began we would add some granola clusters to our regular breakfast cereal. It is good mixed in with a flake cereal. It helps the children feel full longer. It is also really good mixed with fruit and yogurt.
I have included a link to our homemade yogurt adventures below

homemade yogurt

6 comments:

  1. Stopping by from the Growing Home link party! Glad I found your site!

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  2. Sounds great! I just made some soaked granola this week. With the cooler fall temps in our area, I've gotten back into baking.

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  3. Love this! Thanks for posting, it is just the snack recipe I've been looking for!

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  4. Your Granola Clusters look awesome, we will really enjoy this recipe. Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  5. I love making granola, but I've never tried it with flour. Great idea! Thanks for linking up to Healthy 2Day Wednesday!

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  6. Yum, this looks delicious! I have never thought to make granola with flour either! Thanks for linking up at Thrifty Thursday, hope to see you again this week.

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