Granola
American
Use a wide tray so the oats toast evenly. Dried fruit can turn hard in the oven, so you can stir it in after the oats cool if you want the fruit to stay chewy.
- Servings (recipe yield)
- 5 servings
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Rest / chill / soak
- Not provided
- Total time
- Not provided
Estimated times for this version of the recipe. Equipment, ingredient preparation and batch size can change the timing.
Times from the source recipe, where available.
Ingredients
- 3 cups oats
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 cup chopped nuts (almonds, pumpkin seeds, etc)
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- 1 cup dried fruit (apricots, unsweetened cranberries, dates, etc)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 315° F
- In a large bowl, mix: oats, oil, maple syrup, chopped nuts and spices
- Cover two large baking sheets with parchment paper
- Spread the mixture thinly and evenly on baking sheets, put in oven
- Bake 15 minutes, take out of oven, stir, put back in oven (swap oven locations for even cooking)
- Bake 15 minutes, take out of oven, stir, put back in oven (swap oven locations for even cooking)
- Bake 10 minutes, take out of oven, do not stir (helps form clumps), let it cool
- Coarsely chop dried fruit and mix in
- Serve with yogurt, milk, fresh fruit, etc
Source: Public Domain Recipes · hanlex · Recipe source · Public-domain source license