I Need a Nut-Free Granola Recipe

[Hollie in SC]

that tastes really :yum:. Does anyone have one they really like? I am sure there are 3 million on the internet ;), but I'd like to find one that gets a :thumb: from you ladies.

TIA!

[Rebecca in PA]

Hollie,

My youngest ds has a peanut allergy and this is his favorite cereal:

1 stick butter
1/2 c. honey
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
4 c. rolled oats
whatever dried fruit you prefer(even coconut)

Melt together butter and honey. Take off heat and stir in vanilla and cinnamon. Add oats and whatever dried fruit you prefer, (Will loves craisins, but also raisins, dried apple, really whatever we have...) I just kind of wing it with the amounts until it looks "right". Stir until it is all coated. Bake at 400 for 10 minutes. Stir and bake 5 more minutes if you like it really crunchy. Also, if you boil the butter/honey mixture for about a minute before you add anything else and don't stir it after baking it is more like a granola bar.

HTH!

[Hollie in SC]

Thank you so much Rebecca! We'll try that one. :yum:

[Lisa in Ft. Worth, T]

:hi: Hi Hollie,

I just found 2 recipes on a local health board that I'm on. They are from my friend:

Honey Granola

3 cups dry oatmeal
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup honey or maple syrup
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup nuts or dried fruit (optional)

Melt butter in a 3 qt saucepan over medium heat. Add honey and salt. heat the honey briefly with the butter and then add oatmeall. Stir it well. Spread mixture onto ungreased cookie sheet or 9x13 pan. Bake at 375* for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow it to cool and crisp up in the pan. Store in sealed canister. Add dried fruits or nuts when granola is cooled.

Crockpot Garanola

5 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup coconut

Mix all in crockpot. Cook on low 5 hours or until brown. Stir occassionally. Keep cover cracked on crockpot to let mosture out. Add raisins, fruit or nuts at the end of cooking.

Hope one of these help since the nuts are optional.

[Hollie in SC]

:hi: Hi Hollie,

I just found 2 recipes on a local health board that I'm on.

Thanks so much Lisa. Kyle loves it, but he can't have tree nuts and he doesn't like peanut butter. Eli loves Becky Jane's peanut butter granola. Making it is so much cheaper than buying it....

[Lisa in Ft. Worth, T]

Thanks so much Lisa. Kyle loves it, but he can't have tree nuts and he doesn't like peanut butter. Eli loves Becky Jane's peanut butter granola. Making it is so much cheaper than buying it....

I'm sorry but I don't understand what you are saying. Tree nuts? Peanut butter? I'm lost. :lol: In my recipes, you can sub the nuts with dried fruit.

[Hollie in SC]

I'm sorry but I don't understand what you are saying. Tree nuts? Peanut butter? I'm lost. :lol: In my recipes, you can sub the nuts with dried fruit.
:D I'm looking for a granola recipe for Kyle. He has had some that he liked before he was taken off of all tree nuts. I have a great peanut butter recipe, but he doesn' like peanut butter. I like the dried fruit idea. Your recipes look great.

[Lisa in Ft. Worth, T]

:D I'm looking for a granola recipe for Kyle. He has had some that he liked before he was taken off of all tree nuts. I have a great peanut butter recipe, but he doesn' like peanut butter. I like the dried fruit idea. Your recipes look great.

:lol: Sorry to be slow. I was trying to see how peanut butter and tree nuts got into my recipes. :crazy: :lol:

Hope you like them.

[Lisa in Ft. Worth, T]

Hollie,

Here is another one that popped up this afternoon. You can easily forfeit the nuts.


I mix oats, wheat flour, wheat germ, flax seed, any combination of nuts, and
then toast it in the oven on cookie sheets on a low heat, about 170 degrees
for twenty minutes at a time turning it to toast it on all sides. At the same
I heat up in a small saucepan about 1/4 cup canola oil with about 1/2 either
honey and or molasses. You can sweeten it to your families taste. I heat up
the oil and honey just a bit not to hot, then mix it well into the toasted
granola and everyone around here loves it.

I often eat a single portion toasted in my toaster oven with not sweetener.
I put raisins and yogurt on it. It is excellent that way as well.

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And then there was this response:


I'm allergic to pecans myself, and my brother is allergic to walnuts.
So, I understand. I'm also somewhat hypoglycemic so have to watch eating
something like this in the morning unless I eat meat with it.

Honestly, I don't think you're going to "find" what you're looking for.
The nuts in granola add protein and fat, which stabilize the blood sugar.
Using less sugar/sweetener will help it not to be too sweet (as you've
found), but you will have to add some protein and fat if you want the
granola to have some "staying power" and keep blood sugar stable for
awhile, which I think is what you're asking.

You can try adding protein powder--whey or soy or egg white, perhaps--
and probably a little oil--coconut would probably be good in granola and
healthy, too. Adding coconut would also add fat, but if you use
sweetened coconut, use even less sweetener. I would only use
old-fashioned oats rather than quick oats for lower glycemic index/slower
digestibility.

You can experiment. If this doesn't work, do what we do around here when
we eat any cereal, including granola. Serve venison sausage and/or any
kind of eggs with it. Or serve with a protein-based smoothie on the
side.




I hope you have luck with at least one of these! :)

[Hollie in SC]

I hope you have luck with at least one of these! :)


:kiss:

[Katie]

These recipes have been very helpful for us! A big thank-you from our family to those who responded to Hollie's post! :)

[AndreaD]

YUM! We tried the Crockpot Granola recipe- and it turned out DELICIOUS!