Granola

Granola

Granola is a healthy breakfast and snacks option for everyone. It is a mixture of oats, nuts or honey or any other natural sweetener and baked up to crispy. Dry fruits like raisins and dates and confections like chocolate are also sometimes added in granola. It can be served with curd and fresh fruits. Sometimes it can be eaten with milk even. But this can also be part of toppings of any ice cream or smoothie bowl etc. It is a very nutritious food.

This is my recipe of granola. It is easy and healthy and most importantly sugar free. As I don't like the flavour of peanut butter, I have used almond butter here. For nuts I have used almonds and walnuts. It is a complete package for me to start the day.

Here I will give my recipe of almond butter and apple sauce. These are two basic ingredients of my recipe apart from oats.

Recipe of Almond Butter

Room Temperatured Almond- 1Cup

Salt- 1/2tsp

In a blender jar add almonds and grind them. In initially it will be like almond meal (flour). Then grind again. Slowly the ground almond will start sticking to the sides of the jar. Scrap the sides of the jar and bring to the middle and grind again. Now add salt to it and grind again. Slowly it will get that buttery texture. The whole process will take 15mins. While grinding scrap the side frequently. It will help in grinding and also give some rest to the grinder. 

Recipe of Apple Sauce

Apple- 2

Honey- 3tbsp

Salt- 1/4 tsp

Cinnamon- 1/2inch piece

Peel and decore apples and chop them randomly. In a sauce pan add chopped apples, water 3 cups, honey, salt and cinnamon stick, then keep it on the gas and cook up to soft. While cooking if water totally evaporates then add more water to it. When done remove the cinnamon stick and grind it till smooth. Your apple sauce is ready.

Recipe of Granola

Oats- 2Cups

 (I have used Kellogg's brand)

Almond Butter- 1/4Cup

Honey- 1/4Cup

Apple Sauce- 1/2Cup

Rice Bran Oil- 2tbsp + oil for greasing the tray

Almond- 1/2Cup

Walnut- 1/4Cup

Raisins- 1/2Cup

In a mixing bowl add oats, almonds, chopped walnuts, and raisins and mix.

In another bowl add Almond butter, honey, apple sauce, 2tbsp of oil and whisk it properly.

Then mix the dry ingredients with wet ingredients and mix. This mixing can be done best with hand.

Grease a baking tray with generous amount of oil. This will help in baking. Then pour this mixture on it and spread evenly. Bake this for 30 mins in 160 degree Celsius or up to crispy.

One can substitute almond butter with any normal butter or low fat butter or pea nut butter. For more sweet sugar or brown sugar can be done. If one wants it to make healthy then more honey can be added. My apple sauce is having sweetness, salt and cinnamon flavour but these can be added separately if unsweetened apple sauce is added.

Bake the granola for more time if you want crispy but for chewy texture, it can be baked for less time.

Can be served with curd and fresh fruits.