Breakfast is the most important meal of the day – so start your day right with some homemade granola (Image: Getty)
Breakfast doesn’t need to be complicated, but making sure you start your day right is important.
Granola is often touted as a option for breakfast, but buying options may have hidden ingredients you want to avoid.
To help any beginners out there, the food experts at have shared a simple for an “energy-boosting” granola brekkie that will help you get your day started.
A bonus to this is that it’s minimal fuss, as you’ll only need ten minutes to prepare all the ingredients before whacking it in the oven.
The has been very popular with home scoring a perfect five out of five stars from 22 reviews.
Use a variety of nuts and seeds for fibre (Image: Getty)
SW18sandy commented: “I can’t make enough of this for the family – they absolutely love it! I have been making half batches but they go through it too quickly so I’m making the whole today. If I didn’t have a nut-hater in the house, I’d definitely add a few pecans in but even exactly as it is, this is a yummy granola !”
Another said: “OMG!! is really amazing I was in search of such a good for long. Thanks for sharing.”
Paula agreed: “This method is on repeat in our house. I do ad-lib on the and nuts, making it luxury granola.”
A number of people recommended adding seeds and dried fruits of your choice, just so each iteration has a different flavour.
So if you want to save money on buying your granola by simply doing it at home, this is what you’ll need.
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Add any dried berries of your choice (Image: Getty)
Homemade granola
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 125ml maple syrup
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 300g rolled oats
- 50g sunflower seed
- 4 tbsp sesame seeds
- 50g pumpkin seeds
- 100g flaked almond
- 100g dried berries
- 50g coconut, flakes or desiccated coconut
Method
Heat oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Mix the oil, maple syrup, honey and vanilla in a large bowl.
Tip in all the remaining ingredients, except the dried fruit and coconut, and mix well. Tip the granola onto two baking sheets and spread evenly.
Bake for 15 minutes, then mix in the coconut and dried fruit, and bake for ten to 15 minutes more.
Remove and scrape onto a flat tray to cool. Serve with cold milk or yogurt.
The granola can be stored in an airtight container for up to a month.