Applesauce Granola
Granola is great for breakfast, packed with nutrition and very filling. Making your own is always better, lots of nuts, dried fruits and real maple syrup with some yogurt or milk give you all the energies you need to start a beautiful day.
Yield
16 servingsPrep
15 minCook
60 minReady
80 minLow Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, High Fiber, Low Sodium
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
4 | cups |
rolled oats
or quick-cooking oats |
|
2 | cups |
puffed wheat cereal
any your favorite |
* |
5 | tablespoons |
ground flax seed
|
* |
⅔ | cup |
wheat germ
toasted |
|
1 | tablespoon |
cinnamon
|
|
1 | pinch |
nutmeg
ground |
* |
¼ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
1 | cup |
almonds
whole |
* |
1 | cup |
walnuts
halved |
|
1 | cup |
macadamia nuts
or any kind of nut you have, such as pecans, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds, or mixture |
* |
1 | cup |
coconut, shredded, unsweetened (desiccated)
|
* |
3 | tablespoons |
olive oil
|
|
2 | cups |
applesauce
natural, unsweetened |
* |
⅓ | cup |
maple syrup
or honey, if you prefer sweeter, add more as needed |
|
½ | cup |
cranberries, dried
|
* |
½ | cup |
raisins, seedless
|
|
½ | cup |
apricots, dried
coarsely chopped |
* |
½ | cup |
prunes
coarsely chopped, or dried blueberries, cherries, any kind of dried fruits |
* |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
946 | ml |
rolled oats
or quick-cooking oats |
|
473 | ml |
puffed wheat cereal
any your favorite |
* |
75 | ml |
ground flax seed
|
* |
158 | ml |
wheat germ
toasted |
|
15 | ml |
cinnamon
|
|
1 | pinch |
nutmeg
ground |
* |
1.3 | ml |
salt
|
|
237 | ml |
almonds
whole |
* |
237 | ml |
walnuts
halved |
|
237 | ml |
macadamia nuts
or any kind of nut you have, such as pecans, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds, or mixture |
* |
237 | ml |
coconut, shredded, unsweetened (desiccated)
|
* |
45 | ml |
olive oil
|
|
473 | ml |
applesauce
natural, unsweetened |
* |
79 | ml |
maple syrup
or honey, if you prefer sweeter, add more as needed |
|
118 | ml |
cranberries, dried
|
* |
118 | ml |
raisins, seedless
|
|
118 | ml |
apricots, dried
coarsely chopped |
* |
118 | ml |
prunes
coarsely chopped, or dried blueberries, cherries, any kind of dried fruits |
* |
Directions
Preheat oven to 300℉ (150℃). In a large bowl, add the first eleven ingredients, and mix until well combined.
Add the oil, applesauce and maple syrup or honey into dry ingredients, and stir until well combined. Use you hand to mix both dry and wet ingredients together until well incorporated, and no dry ingredients can be found.
Spread mixture evenly between two baking sheets and bake, turning mixture frequently about every 15 minutes and rotating pans until the mixture is dry, golden and slightly brown, which takes about 1 hour or longer.
Stir in the dried fruit right away when the granola comes out of the oven.
Transfer baking sheets on wire racks. Allow to cool completely. Store in an air-tight container up to 1 month.