The greatest granola

Makes one large jar - around 8 servings

Ingredients

See list below categories of ingredients for the basic recipe for your granola so you can get creative and make it your own…

  • Grain  150g oats (swap for other grains such as spelt, rye, buckwheat or quinoa flakes or a mix of a few)
  • Nuts & seeds 100g nuts and 50g of another nut or seed
  • Sweetener 3 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
  • Oil 1 tablespoon melted butter or coconut oil
  • Spices 2 teaspoons – such as cinnamon, ground ginger, allspice, cardamom, fennel seeds, vanilla
  • Dried fruit 35g dried fruit such as sliced figs or apricots, mulberries, chopped apple rings, banana chips, raisins, sultanas
  • Salt a generous couple pinch sea or other mineral rich salt
  • Extras (optional) 25g which could be coconut chips, cacao nibs, coconut chips if you want a more decadent granola

Here are some flavour combinations below that you might want to try but basically just have fun with it!

*almond/macadamia/coconut chips/cardamom/mulberries

*walnut/pumpkin seed/cinnamon/nutmeg/raisin

*almond/pistachio/allspice/apricot

*cashew/hazelnut/figs/cacao nibs/vanilla

 

Method

Preheat the oven to 150C.

Pulse the nuts (and seeds if using) in a food processor.

Transfer to a large bowl. Add in the grains, spices, salt and extras (if using). Drizzle over the melted oil and sweetener. Mix well and spread onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake for 20 minutes. Stir to mix around and bake for a further 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and mix through the dried fruit. Leave to cool fully and transfer to a large jar (or other container) with a lid.

Serve with your choice of milk and/or yogurt and a spoon of nut butter if you choose.

It should keep fresh for up to 4 weeks if you haven’t eaten it all by then!