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Recipe: Granola

December 8, 2012 //  by Di Hickman//  2 Comments

One of the things that I’m constantly amazed at is the price of granola. Basically it’s just oats, nuts and seeds right? Why so pricey? I recently found a recipe online at 100 days of real food and adapted it to my tastes. The difference? I don’t like it overly cinnamony, and I switch up the nuts/seeds depending on what’s on sale 😉

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups Rolled Oats – these are the old fashioned oats, not the quick cook crappy oats!
  • 1 cup raw sliced almonds
  • 1 cup raw cashew pieces(or other nuts – my advice: use what’s on offer!)
  • 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
  • 2 tbspn ground flaxseeds
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 6 tablespoons butter (unsalted)
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Also needed: Parchment paper

 

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 250 degrees – don’t go higher, you’ll burn the granola!
  • Put the nuts in a blender and whizz up till lightly chopped, I don’t like HUGE pieces of nuts in my granola, you can skip this step if you buy the nut pieces rather than whole nuts!
  • Add all the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix

You can see from this photo, I added hemp and sesame seeds to this batch!

  •  Heat the butter in a small pan

  • When butter melts add the honey and stir until mix in thoroughly

 

 

  • Add butter/honey mixture to dry ingredients, mix together with spatula

  • Spread mixture onto pan prepared with parchment paper. Bake for 75 minutes. It will become crisp as it cools when you can crumble into pieces and store in zip-lock bag or other container. Stores for 2-4 weeks in air tight container at room temperature.

Enjoy either as cereal with milk or as topping for yogurt and other desserts!

 

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  1. Karen

    December 8, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    Looks great, except for the butter. I would love to see a recipe for a low-fat granola that tastes great and is vegan.

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    • WorkoutWithDi

      December 10, 2012 at 12:15 am

      I actually made it with earth balance first prior to butter, it does work, but doesn’t have the same taste. I will try it with the earth balance buttery sticks though and see how that goes 🙂

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