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Homemade healthy granola

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: global vegetarian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups puffed grains rice/wheat/jowar
  • 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
  • 3 tbsps flaxseeds
  • 3 tbsps sesame seeds
  • 1/2 cup chopped almonds
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 cup coconut chips
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips or chopped bar
  • 1 cup dried fruit cranberries, raisins, chopped apricot
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • pinch salt
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil or ghee

Method
 

  1. To make healthy homemade granola, start by lining a large baking tray with baking paper. Lightly grease with fingertips dipped in ghee/oil and keep aside.
  2. Preheat the oven at 150°C for 10 minutes.
  3. Place the puffed grains, oats, seeds, nuts and coconut chips in a large bowl.
  4. In a small saucepan or in the microwave, slightly warm the honey with the salt, vanilla and cinnamon, until it is a little runny and whisk well till all the flavourings are mixed into the honey.
  5. Wait for the honey to cool a little. Add it to the big bowl of ingredients and toss until well combined along with the ghee or oil.
  6. Tip this into the lined tray and spread out evenly.
  7. Place in the preheated oven and bake at 150°C for 30-40 minutes. Make sure the ingredients don't burn, even though we bake this at a fairly low temperature.
  8. Once cooled, mix in the chocolate chips and chopped and whole dried fruit (whatever you are using). Store this in a glass clip top jar with a pretty label :)

Notes

Shelf life: Easily stays for 2 weeks in an airtight jar. Use a dry spoon to serve.
To serve, take 1/2 cup of granola in a bowl. Add cold milk (dairy or plant-based) or yoghurt and eat immediately. You can add chopped seasonal fresh fruit to this if you wish.