Hey folks! Well I have been dying to try out homemade granola. So I finally caved and got some fantastic organic rolled oats and organic dried cranberries. I highly recommend natural dried cranberries over the sweetened ones, they are plenty sweet without the syrup not to mention the sweeteners in the granola. As far as the almonds go I used smoked almonds w/ no salt. Although really you can used blanched/sliced/raw whatever floats your boat on there.
I modified the recipe from Chow.com which can be found here.
Olive Oil and Honey Granola
Ingredients:
3 cups old fashioned rolled oats-NOT quick cook
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup olive oil
3 tbl spoon brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
A baking sheet
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a bowl mix the oat,brown sugar, and cinnamon. In another bowl mix oil, honey, and vanilla. Add liquid to oats mixture and mix it well. Spread mixture thinly and evenly on a baking sheet and sprinkle lightly with more cinnamon. bake for 15 min, or till light golden brown. Remove pan and let the granola cool completely, stirring occasionally. It will harden as it cools. When cool and well mixed move to air tight plastic container.
Almond-Cranberry Granola w. Dark Chocolate Chips
These measurements are not set in stone! Put as much or as little as you like
1 cup of chopped almonds
1-2 cups of dried cranberries
1/2 cup good semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips, or carob chips
half your batch of olive oil and honey granola
Making sure your granola is totally cooled off in a bowl mix the almonds,cranberries, and chocolate with your granola and stir till well incorporated and move to an air tight plastic container.
These are great as a snack, on top of yogurt, or as your morning breakfast cereal! Let me know if anyone tries these out!!!!
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