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Golicious Granola

This granola is my answer to a healthy breakfast, whether it is served plain or with milk or yogurt. It also more than suffices as a snack. Why “golicious”? Well, when my son Jack was little, he couldn’t say delicious.

TIME30m

SERVES4 People

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup whole raw almonds, coarsely chopped by hand or with a food processor

1/2 cup pecans, coarsely chopped by hand or with a food processor

1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped by hand or with a food processor

1/2 cup rolled oats

1/4 cup flax meal

1/4 cup unsweetened coconut

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 tablespoon honey

1/4 cup brown rice syrup

1 tablespoon coconut oil, unmelted

Pinch of salt

Parchment paper

SHOPPING LIST

1 bag raw almonds, unsalted

1 bag pecans

1 cab walnuts

1 canister rolled oats

1 bag flax meal

1 bag unsweetened coconut

1 jar ground cinnamon

1 jar ground cloves

1 jar honey

1 jar brown rice syrup

1 jar coconut oil

Salt

Parchment paper

EQUIPMENT

Food processor

Large mixing bowl

Baking sheet, edged

EQUIPMENT

Food processor

Large mixing bowl

Baking sheet, edged

STEP 1

Preheat the oven to 325˚

STEP 2

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix thoroughly with either a wooden spoon or your clean hands ensuring that the coconut oil is evenly mixed throughout.

STEP 3

Cover a baking sheet with parchment and spread the mixture on the baking sheet in one thin layer; bake for 10 minutes, then mix on the baking sheet and bake for another 10 minutes.

STEP 4

Remove from the oven and allow the granola (that may be a little tender) to cool for 15 minutes before breaking it into chunks.

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