Granola from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Granola Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

4 1/2 oz Rolled oats (1-1/2 cups)
1/2 oz Slivered almonds
1 1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
2 tbsp Honey or maple syrup
(or use diet syrup)
1/2 tsp Almond extract
1/2 tsp Coconut extract ***SEE NOTE
2 tbsp Vegetable oil
1/4 cup Apple juice
(unsweetened)
6 Servings - 1/4 cup each.
***NOTE - coconut extract is a little strong so I substituted vanilla extract

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a large bowl, combine oats, almonds and
cinnamon. Mix well. In a small bowl, combine reamining ingredients.
Drizzle over oats. Mix well until all ingredients are moistened. Spread
mixture evenly in a 10 x 15 inch baking pan that has been sprayed with a
nonstick cooking spray. Bake 20 minutes. Stir granola and return to oven
for 5 minutes. Stir again and return for another 5 minutes. Cool in pan,
stirring occasionally. Store in an airtight container. Each serving
provides: 168 calories. Equal to: 1 bread exchange, 1 fat exchange and 41
additional calories. Has: 4 gm. protein, 7 gm. fat, 23 gm. carbohydrate,
2 mg. sodium, 0 mg. cholesterol. This can be used as a plain snack,
sprinkled over fruit or yogurt, cooked like oatmeal, or enjoyed cold with
milk and raisins. This recipe can be doubled easily - just cook it longer
each cooking time. This recipe came form THE LEAN & LUSCIOUS COOKBOOK.
Nutritional information is based using honey and almonds. In order to cut
down on fat - leave almonds out and add a little more oats.

Servings: 6

“Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish.”

~ Henry Miller, American writer (1891-1980)

 

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