Peanut Butter Granola
OK, I have two incredibly important questions for you tonight:
1. How do you pronounce granola? Do you say gruh-NO-luh or GRAY-NO-luh?
2. And, what would you add to this Peanut Butter Granola recipe? It has oats, wheat germ, coconut, honey, vanilla, crunchy peanut butter and raisins. It’s loaded with good stuff. But it seems like something’s missing. Brown sugar? Chocolate? Krispy Kremes? Help a woman out.
Peanut Butter Granola
Adapted from James and Miriam Brenneman (via “A Taste of Shiloh”)
- 4 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup wheat germ
- 1/2 cup flake coconut (sweetened or unsweetened, your choice)
- 1/8 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 cup chunky peanut butter
- 1/2 cup raisins
1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, stir together the oats, wheat germ and coconut.
3. Over low heat in a small saucepan, combine the oil and honey, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; add vanilla. Stir in peanut butter while mixture is still warm, blending well.
4. Pour mixture over dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Spread the mixture on a large baking sheet. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring after 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
5. Once the mixture cools, add raisins.
Cinnamon!
And gruh-NO-luh…I've never heard anyone pronounce it even remotely similar to the latter…
Definitely gruh-NO-luh.
I think I would use dried sweetened sour cherries, perhaps instead of the raisins, to get a sort of PB&J effect going.
Anyway, this sounds amazing; I'm definitely going to try it out.
Gray-no-luh? That's a first for me. Is that a southern pronunciation, perhaps? By the way- I love reading your posts on southern recipes. More of them, please!
Looks good, it is just missing… oomph. I would add chopped dried bananas, maybe some dried fruit like canteloupe, cranberries, strawberries or the such. The point is to add some interest and nutrients to your already great recipe.
Sprinkle of salt
I would add just a little bit of brown sugar and some sunflower seeds or nuts to this gruh-NO-luh. Love the idea of peanut butter in it!
I say gruh-No-luh. I wouldn't add anything else to the recipe — which sounds delicious — but like all cereals, I would eat it with milk and banana slices.
Gruh-NO-luh. No raisins!
~ingrid
Pumpkin. At least until Thanksgiving, and possibly until the first snowfall, the answer is ALWAYS pumpkin.
This sounds fantastic. I'm with TnTrash – salt. Or use salty peanut butter.
Being British I'd say Muesli at home, but here in the States I'd go with option A. I can see Option B as being logical because it would be "Grain-Ola", but it feels a bit clunky to say that. My extra ingredients would be dried bananas chips, or chopped dates, or, maybe, chocolate covered coffee beans.
Oh, and add dried bananas, or chopped dates, or, possible, chocolate covered coffee beans to really make things interesting!
gruh-no-la
Giada had a peanut butter granola bar recipe recently on her show. She added mini chocolate chips, which would probably be really good in yours. I'd also add a bit of brown sugar and butter instead of vegetable oil.
Ugh, I'm sorry for the double post!
Another gruh-NO-luh person here! I don't think I would add a thing, except maybe dried cranberries (my November love).
This looks so good, I'm going to pick up a couple of the ingredients that I am missing and make it!
I`ve made granola. but never with PB. It looks delicious! I never make granola anymore because I can easily finish an entire batch. It might be `healthier` but still.
maybe some peanut butter chips or dried cranberries?
I like cranberries or blueberries and some type of nut – either cashew or peanuts.
Dude who says gray? It's GRUH. I feel like I should pound my fist or stomp for emphasis. Me Jane! You Gruh-no-lah. *pounding chest, making monkey noises* PS- I'd be more inclined to add some pumpkin seeds (I'm kinda obsessed right now) and/or some color – maybe some craisins.
I usually use maple syrup and brown sugar in my granola, and I add some salt to make the flavor more interesting (although depending on your peanut butter it may be salty enough). Craisins or dried cherries would also be yummy.
Gruh-NO-lah, definitely.
And I would add nuts for some crunch – cashews or almonds, to mix with the peanuty goodness. And sub a different squishy-dried fruit for the raisins, but that's just a personal preference.
All you're missing is cinnamon for your gruh-no-lah :)