Crunchy Carob Almond Granola
May 20, 2008 at 8:24 pm | In recipe |
I enjoyed a bowl of this with unsweetened vanilla almond milk this morning. could life possibly get any better?
since a lot of people were interested, I racked my brain and managed to remember most of how I made the crunchy carob almond granola I talked about yesterday. I know the dried fruits and eventual carob/chocolate chips are usually added once the granola is done doing its oven thing, but it works really well to add them before too. so there!
it’s loosely based on Dreena Burton’s Hemp-anola from ED&BV.
2 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup raw wheat germ
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/3 cup carob chips
1/3 cup slivered almonds
1/4 cup pecan pieces
handful raisins
1/3 cup + 2 T brown rice syrup
1/4 cup canola oil
1 t pure vanilla extract
generous pinch sea salt
1/2 t ground cinnamon
1/4 t blackstrap molasses
line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. preheat oven to 300F.
whisk together rice syrup, oil, vanilla, and molasses in a medium bowl. combine the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl. combine wet & dry ingredients extremely well, using your hands if you have to, to be sure everything gets evenly coated.
place the granola evenly on your prepared baking sheet, bake for 30 minutes, turning at least once. leave on baking sheet to cool, break into bite-sized chunks before storing, once the granola has had time to completely cool down.
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your pictures make me so happy! and so would a bowl or two of this granola. i need to get myself un-addicted from oatmeal just for one day so i can try your granola recipe for breakfast!!!
Comment by ruby red vegan — May 20, 2008 #
frakin’ awesome. breakfast. tomorrow. oh yes.
you rock my tastebuds!
Comment by happy herbivore — May 20, 2008 #
Hmmm! BoyfriendLovlie will love this. I’ll have to try this!
Comment by Lovliebutterfly — May 20, 2008 #
This sounds delicious! I could probably eat this all day. Especially with the best milk there is; unsweetened almond milk.
Comment by Romina — May 20, 2008 #
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That right there, is the epitome of heaven in a bowl.
Comment by VeggieGirl — May 20, 2008 #
Thank you for sharing this recipe - I can’t wait to make it!
Comment by atxvegn — May 21, 2008 #
Tell me more about this unsweetened vanilla almond milk…!
Comment by bazu — May 21, 2008 #
Unsweetened vanilla and almond milk eh? :-D great .Should taste fantastic !
And that granola looks tasty dear!
A biggggg kisss
Silvia
Comment by Silvia — May 21, 2008 #
how much do i love this?! :)
Comment by andreea — May 21, 2008 #
thanks! I love that it keeps me full for a long time with all the healthy fats, even without eating a humongous bowl of the stuff. :)
Comment by Celine — May 21, 2008 #
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I LOVE this stuff! I’ve made it several times now, usually with different types of nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistachios, etc) and dried cranberries or cherries. One time I even had to sub in pure maple syrup for the brown rice syrup, as the health food store on the corner was completely out of brown rice syrup (and I’d used up mine in the last batch of granola). Oh, I usually use chocolate chips instead of carob chips, and the granola gets this nice cocoa-y flavor. YUM. Thank you!
P.S. I’ve been buying the unsweetened vanilla almond milk at Trader Joes for awhile now. That is awesome stuff! It’s great in Fronch Toast (VWAV) too.
Comment by tranabanana — July 17, 2008 #
wonderful, Trana. I’m totally loving the almond milk too, and was lucky to find the original, unsweetened version on sale recently. needless to say I came out of the store carrying far too much of the stuff for my own good. or my wallet’s. ;)
Comment by Celine — July 18, 2008 #
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