Easy Homemade Granola
Ingredients:
- 4 cups (400g) old-fashioned oats
- ½ cup raw sunflower seeds
- ½ cup raw pumpkin seeds
- ½ cup pecans chopped
- ½ cup walnuts chopped
- ½ cup slivered almonds
- ½ cup goji berries
- ½ cup unsweetened dried cranberries
- ¼ cup demerara sugar
- ¼ cup coconut oil or neutral oil
- ¼ cup unsweetened natural silan (date syrup)
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
Instructions:
- Prep the oven: Preheat to 325°F (160°C).
- Mix the dry ingredients: In a large bowl, combine the oats, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pecans, walnuts, and almonds.
- Mix the wet ingredients: In a separate bowl, combine the demerara sugar, oil, silan, water, cinnamon, and salt.
- Combine: Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and toss well until everything is evenly coated.
- Bake: Spread the mixture in a thin layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet (press down firmly first for bigger clusters). Bake for about 45 minutes, depending on your oven, tossing every 15 minutes.
- Cool and finish: Let the granola cool completely before mixing in the goji berries and cranberries.
- Store: Keep in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks, though it rarely lasts that long.
Notes:
- This is a flexible base recipe, swap in any nuts, seeds, or dried fruit you have on hand, keeping the quantities roughly the same.
- Add dried fruit only after the granola has fully cooled, or it turns hard and rock-like.
- Maple syrup can be used instead of silan, but if you can get silan, I'd really recommend it, its depth of flavor is hard to replace.
- For bigger clusters, press the mixture down firmly before baking and avoid stirring once it's out of the oven.
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