I realise there are many
recipes for granola and selection in the shops is quite wide however I will
give you this recipe, perhaps someone will be inspired and make homemade
granola, this perfect one. Some of those I have made before were too
sweet, some of the shop bought contain ingredients that I try to avoid in my
diet such as glucose syrup very common in mass produced food, responsible for
diabetics and gaining weight in large number of Americans and vegetable oil
that quite often happens to be palm oil - quite controversial - when produced
causes deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea. If I can
avoid it why shouldn't I? I make my own granola.
House smells like apple
pie, in the morning I have quick, healthy and filling breakfast ready within
seconds and it makes me really happy first thing in the morning, specially when
I do not have a time to cook anything else. Only my cat is not very happy when
I take him off my knees every 10 minutes to stir the granola in the oven.
1½
cup rolled oats
1½
cup spelt flakes
handful
of almonds, roughly chopped
2
tbsp linseed
1
tbsp sesame seeds
3
tbsp sunflower seeds
3
tbsp pumpkin seeds
about
300ml natural apple juice (preferably freshly pressed, or organic natural,
cloudy shop bought juice)
5
tbsp vegetable oil such as sunflower oil, grape seed oil or rapeseed oil
2
tbsp honey
4
tbsp agave syrup (I used raw)
1
tbsp cinnamon
pinch
of ground ginger
pinch
of salt
2
handfuls of currants
Heat the oven to 140 C (fan).
In a large bowl mix the oats, spelt flakes,
almonds, sesame seeds, linseed, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, cinnamon,
ginger and salt.
In separate bowl mix oil, juice, honey and agave
syrup.
Mix dry ingredients with the wet ones thoroughly
and place on the baking trays lined with baking paper. Place in the oven.
Bake the granola for about 1 to 1 ¼ hours,
depends on how thin the layer of the granola is – the thicker it is the longer
it will take to bake it.
Stir granola every 10 minutes, so it bakes
thoroughly and evenly. After 1 hour open the oven, turn it off and leave
granola to cool down slightly. Next add the currants, mix well and leave it to
cool down completely.
Store
granola in an airtight container. I love it with hot or cold milk, natural
yoghurt or just on its own as a snack. I the summer I love it with seasonal
fruits such as strawberries, blueberries or raspberries.
Thanks, I will use your recipe to finally have a go at making granola.
ReplyDeleteI even have all the ingredients in the house.
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I am really pleased that you dcided to use this recipe. I hope you will like it as much as I do, cheers Patricia. :)
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