Homemade granola is great eaten alone as
a snack, or use it to layer between vanilla yogurt and fresh
cut-up fruit for a deliciously easy breakfast parfait. Eating
a variety of grains and fruits not only ensures that you get
more nutrients, but also helps make your meals and snacks more
interesting.
Fruit
and Honey Granola
- 3 1/2 cups Quaker®
Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup honey
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
1 (6-ounce) package diced dried mixed fruit (about 1 1/3 cups)
- Heat oven to 350°F
(175°C).
- In large bowl, combine
oats and pecans; mix well. Spread evenly in 15 x 10-inch jelly
roll pan or on rimmed baking sheet. In small bowl, combine honey,
oil, vanilla, cinnamon , and salt (if desired); mix well. Pour
over oat mixture; mix well.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes
or until golden brown, stirring every 10 minutes. Stir in dried
fruit. Cool completely. Store tightly covered up to 1 week.
Makes about 5 cups.
Variations: Substitute
dried cranberries, chopped dried apricots or chopped dried peaches
for dried mixed fruit.
Nutritional Information
Per Serving: 1/2 cup; Calories: 210 11% Calories from Fat: 48
Total Fat: 5 8% Saturated Fat: 0.5 3% Trans Fat: 0 Cholesterol:
0 0% Sodium: 0 0% Total Carbohydrate: 40 13% Dietary Fiber: 4
15% Sugars: 13 Protein: 4 8% Vitamin A: 379 8% Vitamin C: 1 1%
Calcium: 21 2% Iron: 2 10%
Dietary Exchange: starchbread:1;
fruit:1 1/2; fat:1/2
Recipe and photograph provided
courtesy of The Quaker Oats Company.
