From Our Kitchen to Yours

Recipes to Try: Homemade Granola

A Recipe from The Oakwood Inn Okoboji

Taste your way through the excellent kitchens at our member inns with recipes to make at home. Be transported with a bite of homemade granola. At The Oakwood Inn Okoboji in Spirit Lake, Iowa, innkeeper Bridget Johnson whips up dishes with a story behind every bite. Of her many fanciful flavors, none are more famous than her homemade crunchy granola, which landed a grand champion ribbon at the county fair when she was just 9 years old! 

Ingredients

• 12 cups regular oatmeal
• 2 cups bran cereal
• 1 cup slivered or sliced almonds
• 1 cup wheat germ
• 1 cup sunflower seeds
• 1 cup oil
• 1 cup honey
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

• Heat the oven to 250 degrees.
• Mix the oatmeal, bran cereal, almonds, wheat germ, and sunflower seeds together in a large bowl.
• In a separate bowl, mix the oil, honey, vanilla, and salt together.
• Once mixed well, add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and combine.
• When all ingredients are well mixed, spread the mixture onto a baking sheet and bake in preheated oven. Stir every 15 minutes until toasted.
• Take the granola out of the oven and let it cool completely. Then, break apart the granola to your desired chunkiness.