29 Reviews of Healthy Granola

From: Wenstar

On Jan 18, 2005

This is a great recipe, not overly sweet and very tasty. I was looking for ways to incorporate flax seeds into my diet and found your recipe. My family couldn't tell that I added wheat germ and milled flax seeds. I used craisins, dried cherries, and raisins; and a mixture of walnuts slivered almonds and pecans. Just bake them at the stated times, it will seem soft but will get crunchy after it cools. I found this out after I scorched ( okay, burnt) the first batch of pans. Thank you for a wonderful recipe.

From: winkki

On Jun 22, 2005

This sounded so good to me, but had ingredients my daughters are always saying they don't like in their granola (coconut, nuts, etc) so I just made 1/4 batch for myself. It smelled so good while baking that they were all drawn to the kitchen, begging for a taste. Once it cooled down and they each had a nibble, they ended up eating the entire thing! Now I have to make more for breakfast tomorrow, but this time I'll make the full batch, or maybe even a double, lol. I was intrigued by the sorghum in the ingredients; for as often as I've made granola, it had never occured to me to use sorghum. I really liked it! It added a richness and depth of flavor (without overwhelming sweetness) that I've never quite managed to achieve with honey and brown sugar alone. I will do that in all my granolas from now on. I made this pretty much as written, although I used both ground and whole flax seeds and also subbed sunflower seeds for about 1/3 of the nuts. I'll probably add dried cranberries and raisins to the next batch; the girls ate all of this before I had a chance to add the fruit! Thanks so much for posting a healthy, family-friendly recipe ~ I know we'll be making it often!

From: Shelby, the wannabe chef

On Aug 9, 2005

WOW! this was GREAT!!! Honestly the best granola I've ever tried. I halved the recipe, used molasses, used a mix of raisins and dried cranberries and blueberries. Simply wonderful. Definitely going to be making a second batch.

From: Marg (CaymanDesigns)

On Aug 11, 2005

Very tasty!! I used blackstrap molasses so it ended up kind of dark but the flavor was wonderful and very comforting, like a molasses cookie for breakfast! I substituted butter for the oil and sunflower seeds for the sesame seeds but everything else was the same. I bet if you added a little ginger too it would taste like gingerbread. YUM! This one goes into the will-make-again file. Thanks Paula for sharing this wonderful recipe!

From: LonghornMama

On Jul 21, 2005

Paula, this is excellent! Granola is difficult to get just right, especially when it's healthy. Most regular recipes have too much oil or too much sugar to be truly good for you, and other healthy recipes I've tried (I've tried a lot)just don't have enough flavor or they're so tough they'll break your teeth. I made a half-recipe and am wishing I'd made the full batch. Good with milk or by the handful. I used real brown sugar and molasses and a combo of blueberries and cranberries. Lots of crunch, the berries give some nice color, and chock full of all kinds of good for you ingredients. Milled flax seed is a great addition. Thanks for sharing a great recipe!

From: dka

On Aug 22, 2005

This is delicious! I used dried blueberries and sucanat for the brown sugar.

From: WI Cheesehead

On Jan 12, 2008

In response to Cheezhead's concerns: If you look at the nutrition facts, the fat comes from the seeds, nuts and a little from the oil. These are all healthy fats, not animal fats, so I wouldn't be as concerned with this recipe. By far, the biggest contributor to the fats is the coconut, but that may be bcz it's 1/2 pound. You could leave that out if it concerns you. I will try making this, but reducing the amounts. I only have a little sorghum right now. UPDATE: Well, I finally made it, cutting in half. Didn't use coconut, so added extra oats (about 2 C) to compensate. I put them in 2 pans and had to cook for close to 1 hour bcz it was probably too thick. Left out the fruit and added some pepitos. It didn't seem sweet enough, so next time I would use all honey; maybe the sorghum was too light.

From: HusbandLover

On Jul 30, 2006

Yum! I made this a week ago and it is still delish. I made a few adjustments due to a lack of ingredients on hand. I used raw spanish peanuts instead of almonds and pecans and used maple syrup instead of molases. The peanuts were great - honey roasted. I dropped the tempurature to 200 and roasted for about an hour and a half - until browned. Great roasted flavor.

From: Cheezhead

On Jan 29, 2007

Anything with 52% fat should NOT have the word healthy in the title, no matter how good it tastes! This sweet treat shold be consumed VERY sparingly for a healthy diet.

From: sakadoo

On Sep 9, 2005

This is a great tasting granola recipe! I only wish that it would have been a little more clumped when it cooled.