Since I
haven’t posted a recipe in a while, I figured I share one of my favourite
breakfast recipes: Granola! This recipe
is for a coconut granola base and you can add goodies to it after. The recipe is pretty forgiving so you can even
change up some of the ingredients in the base.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups of
old-fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup of
chopped almonds (or another nut of your choosing. Pecans, walnuts…the choice is yours)
- 1 cup of
shredded unsweetened coconut
- ¼ cup of
honey
- ¼ cup of
packed brown sugar for convenience but I normally use a mixture of molasses and
coconut sugar.
- 2 tblsp of
coconut oil (you can use a different type if you don’t have coconut. Vegetable perhaps)
- 2 tblsps of
real maple syrup (the last time I made this I didn’t have any so I used agave
but you could just use more honey)
- 1 ½ tsps of
vanilla extract
- 1 tsp of
cinnamon (or to taste – I usually add more)
Directions:
Preheat
your oven to 350 degrees
Combine dry
ingredients (oats, nuts, and coconut in a bowl).
Combine
honey, sugar, oil, maple syrup, and cinnamon in a saucepan and bring to a
boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla
extract. Stir
Combine dry
mixture with syrup and mix.
Place your
granola on a shallow baking sheet and bake in the oven for 15 to 20
minutes. You’ll need to stir the mixture
occasionally or it’ll burn. I tried
leaving it for 10 minutes without stirring and that’s max. Try mixing every 7-8 minutes.
Take
out of the oven. Cool and then enjoy.
You can add all sorts of delicious goodies to your granola. Some of the things I've added (after cooking) are: bran buds, pepitas, sunflower seeds, flax or chia seeds, dried fruit, chocolate chunks, the SKY'S THE LIMIT!
Since I don't have a picture of the granola to share with you, and because my blog has been lacking some Arthur, here's a picture of my handsome fellow perched on my shoulder like a parrot. He likes to climb all over me when we're in the car.
Happy Baking!
Alex & Arthur
