Stovetop Fruit & Honey Granola
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 288.7
- Total Fat: 13.0 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 143.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 39.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 5.7 g
- Protein: 8.2 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Stovetop Fruit & Honey Granola calories by ingredient
Introduction
This hearty, healthy and crunchy breakfast is full of good stuff, from thick rolled oats (and a sprinkling of extra oat bran!) to blood-sugar controlling cinnamon, calcium-rich sesame and B-vitamin stacked sunflower seeds. Made on the stovetop, it's also lickety split to make, and lasts in an airtight container for a while in the fridge or freezer! This hearty, healthy and crunchy breakfast is full of good stuff, from thick rolled oats (and a sprinkling of extra oat bran!) to blood-sugar controlling cinnamon, calcium-rich sesame and B-vitamin stacked sunflower seeds. Made on the stovetop, it's also lickety split to make, and lasts in an airtight container for a while in the fridge or freezer!Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
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3 tbsp tahini
1 ½ tbsp canola oil
¼ cup honey
3 cups thick cut rolled oats
1 cup oat bran
1 tbsp cinnamon
¼ cup sunflower seeds
¼ cup sesame seeds
¼ cup diced dried fruit (I used home-dried apples)
Directions
Combine the tahini, oil and honey in a deep skillet over medium heat.
When the mixture starts to simmer, add the oats, oat bran, cinnamon, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds to the pot and cook, stirring often with a spatula, for 4 minutes.
Remove from the heat and stir in the raisins or apples.
Pour onto a large, greased cookie sheet and allow to cool.
When cool, transfer to an airtight container and store at room temperature up to 2 weeks, or freeze up to 3 months.
Serving Size: Makes ~4 cups, 8 (1/2 cup) servings
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
When the mixture starts to simmer, add the oats, oat bran, cinnamon, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds to the pot and cook, stirring often with a spatula, for 4 minutes.
Remove from the heat and stir in the raisins or apples.
Pour onto a large, greased cookie sheet and allow to cool.
When cool, transfer to an airtight container and store at room temperature up to 2 weeks, or freeze up to 3 months.
Serving Size: Makes ~4 cups, 8 (1/2 cup) servings
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.