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Granola
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75 MIN

Granola

Oats, nuts and honey baked low and stirred rarely, so it clumps instead of scattering.

vegetariandairy-freebreakfastbakedmake-aheadbatch-cooking

Ingredients

  • 14 ozrolled oats, jumbo or rolled oats, not instant
  • 3 1/2 ozpecans, roughly broken
  • 2 ozflaked almonds
  • 2 ozpumpkin seeds
  • 4 1/4 ozrunny honey
  • 3/8 cupvegetable oil, or melted coconut oil
  • 1 3/4 ozlight brown sugar
  • 2 tspground cinnamon
  • 1 tspfine sea salt
  • 2 3/4 ozdried cranberries, stirred in after baking, not before

Method

  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 300°F. Tip the oats, pecans, flaked almonds, pumpkin seeds, cinnamon and salt into a large bowl and toss them together with your hands.

  2. 2

    Warm the honey, oil and brown sugar together in a small pan over a low heat, just until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture pours easily. Pour it over the oats and stir until every piece is glossy.

  3. 3

    Spread the mixture over a large lined baking sheet and press it down firmly with the back of a spoon into an even slab. Bake for 20 minutes, turn the tray around, press it down again and bake for another 15 minutes until the edges are deep gold.

  4. 4

    Leave the tray on a rack until the granola is completely cold and has set hard, then break it into clusters and stir through the dried cranberries. Store in a sealed jar.

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