on the menu: simple gourmet granola

Breakfast during the week has never been my favorite until I discovered homemade granola. It's easy, you can get creative, and I can put it in a bowl to bring into work every morning. Everyone likes to make their own combination - mine is coconut, pistachio, shaved almonds, apricots and cranberries with a few figs or berries and greek yogurt on top. What's your favorite granola combination?

Bon appétit!

Simple Gourmet Granola

Ingredients:

4 cups rolled oats 

1 cup raw almonds, chopped

1.5 cups flaked coconut

1/4 tsp. finely ground sea salt (1/2 tsp. coarse, pummeled)

1/3 cup liquid honey (or maple syrup, agave)

4 Tbsp. coconut (or sunflower oil, ghee, or butter)

Directions:

1. Preheat over to 350°F.

2. In a small saucepan over low-medium heat, whisk oil and honey together. 

3. In a large bowl combine oats, almonds, coconut, and sea salt. 

4. Pour oil and honey mixture over dry ingredients and stir very well to coat. Place on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes; remove from oven and stir. Place back in oven but remove and stir every 5 minutes or so until the oats are golden brown (approx. 25-30 minutes). 

Optional Additions

Flavours: 

vanilla bean

cinnamon

orange zest

lemon zest

Nuts and Seeds:
pecans
walnuts
hazelnuts
pistachios

Dried Fruit (add after baking):

figs

cranberries

raisins

cherries

apricots 

Recipe from In My Roots