This is not your ordinary granola and certainly takes much longer than I had anticipated…but it is worth it! I normally throw a bunch of grains and dried fruit into a bowl and go from there for a good snack but Linda has taken this to a whole new level. Also, I recommend using the best ingredients you can find because the better the grains and syrup used, the better your granola will be. Warning: this takes A LOT of ingredients. This recipe is like homemade and was courtesy of Cooking with Café Pasqual’s: Recipes from Santa Fe’s Renowned Corner Café.
Start by preheating the oven to 300 degrees. Lay your unsweetened coconut on a tray and pop it into the oven when ready. 15-20 minutes will get you a nice brown, toasty look and smell. Next lay down some parchment and get your oats in the oven at the same temperature because they do take the full hour to get that toasty brown look and smell. Once the oats are in the oven blend all of the other liquid ingredients and spices together and pour them into a nice big bowl. Next add your bran and, once cooled, the toasted coconut.
At about 50 minutes later the house smelled like Thanksgiving Day. I wish it were fall because the flavors are perfect for that time of the year. The toasted ingredients and sweets make this a great snack that is not too bad for you. Once the oats are cooled a bit toss them into the bowl and mix them in with everything else. The oats will actually take some of the moisture out and the mixture will actually begin to clump together and look like granola. Next, place the bowl into the fridge to cool and then serve at your leisure.
It was YUMMY!!
INGREDIENTS
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup honey
½ cup maple syrup
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup apple juice
1 ½ tsp. cinnamon
1 ½ tsp. ground ginger
¼ tsp. ground cloves
4 cups rolled oats
2 cups bran
½ cup chopped pecans
½ cup chopped pecan halves
1 cup almond halves
¼ cup whole cashews
¾ cup shredded coconut, unsweetened
All of the ingredients
Liquid Ingredients
Toasted coconut
Pre-Oats Mixing
Finished Product
