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Many people might be surprised to learn that making your own homemade cereal is well worth your time! The reason is that boxed breakfast cereals are some of the most toxic, unhealthy foods you can possibly buy!
What’s more – believe it or not – organic cereal brands and whole grain cereals are the absolute worst!
The reason is that the violent processing required to make boxed cereal (called extrusion) is so high in temperature and pressure that the proteins in the grains are completely denatured and rendered toxic from the ordeal. Organic boxed cereal is the worst of all because it is whole grain and therefore higher in protein. (source)
Ever wondered how all those shapes and flakes are made? The cereal grains are actually liquefied in order to create the slurry necessary to create the desired form. This destroys the integrity of the grains making them difficult to digest and toxic for the body too.
So don’t be fooled by boxed cereals that only have a few ingredients. The ingredients label tells you nothing about the dangerous processing that occurred to produce the cereal!
Toxic foods are frequently the most addictive (think MSG and aspartame/nutrasweet), so even though it is difficult, you simply must eliminate these foods from your pantry for good! Cold breakfast cereals are some of the most addicting processed foods on the market in fact.
I just cringe when I see parents giving their toddlers Cheerios and other boxed cereals as finger foods. If these parents only knew how toxic these foods are, perhaps they would think twice about handing it out so freely to their children.
The good news is that you can make a very delicious, healthy alternative yourself at home!
How to Make Breakfast Cereal (How-to Videos)
The first video below demonstrates how to make and bake the breakfast cereal batter. The second video shows you how to crumble it into bite size pieces and gently dehydrate for the satisfying crunch in a bowl with milk!
The written recipe follows 🙂
If you would like to know how to make this cereal Paleo, here is a homemade grain free cereal recipe to try instead.
Homemade Breakfast Cereal Recipe
Recipe for how to make cold breakfast cereal so that you can avoid the toxic, overly processed boxed versions at the store. Organic cereal isn’t any better!
Ingredients
- 6 cups flour preferably freshly ground for optimal nutrition
- 3 cups whole yogurt plain
- 3/4 cup coconut oil
- 1 cup maple syrup dark, preferably organic
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp sea salt
Instructions
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Mix fresh flour and soaking medium of choice in a large, glass bowl. Cover with a clean cloth and rubber band and leave on the counter for 24 hours.
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Mix all the remaining ingredients including fresh cinnamon into the batter after soaking is complete.
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Pour into 2 – 9×13 pans and bake at 350 F/ 177 C for about 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Do not overbake!
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Let cool and crumble the coffee cake into small pieces (see second video above for ideal size) and dehydrate on cookie sheets at 200 F/ 93 C for about 12-18 hours. Turn cereal pieces every few hours to dry evenly.
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Store in airtight containers in the refrigerator.
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Serve alone as a finger food snack or in a bowl with either dairy or nondairy milk.
Recipe Notes
Substitute whole milk kefir, buttermilk, or clabbered milk for yogurt if desired.
For dairy free cereal, use 3 cups water plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice or store bought or homemade apple cider vinegar.
Substitute date syrup for the maple syrup if you wish to sweeten only with fruit. Do not substitute honey as cooking honey is not healthy.
More healthy breakfast cereal ideas
To make it dairy free, soak with equivalent amount of filtered water plus 2 TLB lemon juice or apple cider vinegar.
Hi Sonia, just a guess as I have never made this recipe with sprouted flour, but I'm thinking that this cereal would probably be too crumbly if you used sprouted flour. Foods made with sprouted flour is so delicate – not sure how it would work for this particular recipe. The soaking also softens the wheat considerably to give it a much lighter texture to the final cereal. If you try it either with or without soaking, please post about the results. I would really like to know how that works out!
I keep hoping my posts will work on here. So I'm trying again. I am not a raw milk person. Will regular milk work or will something like coconut milk, rice or oat milk work?
Also, does Tropical Traditions coconut oil have any allergen info on it? My daughter is allergic to peanuts and treenuts.
Thanks
Linda
Hi Sarah,
What about using sprouted flour? Would you still need to soak in that case? I am currently unable to grind my own flour yet, but I'd love to try this when I get a grain mill!
Boxed cereal is big time ADDICTIVE. Toxic foods frequently are addictive, so this is no surprise. MSG is highly addictive as is aspartame. Getting off boxed cereal is one of the very hardest things folks MUST do when transitioning to a healthy diet. You simply will not and cannot experience your best health when boxed cereal is a part of your life.
Good Morning, Sarah! Did you mean to say there are a lot of "additives" or that they are "addictive"? Just wanted to clarify! Thanks!
Hi Dale, I let my sour milk clabber in the fridge (it slows the clabbering way down this way). If I am going to make cream cheese/liquid whey with the sour milk, then I clabber on the counter to make it go quickly.
Hi Sarah,
I'm one of those, like you mentioned in this video, who's trying to find what to do with my excess milk. You mentioned putting it in the fridge with an big "S" for sour. Firstly, did you clabber it by leaving it out and then add it to your jug? Also, are you saying that you continue to add to this soured milk on a weekly basis and keep this same bottle in the fridge indefinitely? If so, isn't there a point in time when it becomes unusable?
I REALLY need to find some good uses for my excess milk!
Thanks…
Hi Arielle, thanks so much for letting me know! I have changed the Youtube setting to public, so you should be good to go now. I frequently shoot these videos in advance and keep the setting on private until they are posted on the blog – just too early for me today I guess!!
At the moment the video is private so we can't watch it!