Homemade Mixed Dried Fruits & Nuts Granola - #breakfastseries

Homemade Mixed Dried Fruits & Nuts Granola

This week at IHCC, we are cooking Giada De Laurentiis' recipes. Who's Giada De Laurentiis? She's a super gorgeous chef! Quoting IHCC: Giada, a wildly popular Food Network superstar and author of eight bestselling cookbooks is known, not only for her Italian recipes, but also for her fresh California-style recipes and also her healthy recipes and lifestyle.

I'm still recovering from a recent health complication, both physically and emotionally. So, I need some quick, perk-me-up energy-and-mood-boosting food, so yummy homemade granola it is!

Recipe adapted from Giada's Homemade Cranberry Nut Granola.

Ingredients:
(Serves 6)

1/3 cup pure maple syrup
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup cranberry juice
1 & 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1/3 cup pumpkin seeds, lightly toasted
1/4 cup sunflower seeds, lightly toasted
1 & 1/2 cup mixed nuts (almond, pecan, hazelnut, cashew nut, peanut)
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 cup mixed dried fruits (cranberries, sultanas, goji berries)
1/2 cup pure cacao nibs
1/2 cup dried coconut flakes


How to:

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Line a 9”x5” baking tray with baking paper.

2. Combine maple syrup, brown sugar, cranberry juice, and cinnamon in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir until the sugar dissolves.

3. Mix together the oats, seeds, nuts, salt, and dried fruits in a large bowl.

4. Pour the maple mixture over the oat mixture and stir until combined. Spread the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove the baking sheet from the oven. Cool completely. Stir in cacao nibs and coconut flakes.
 

Snack time!

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Motivating myself with this quote: When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep on walking.

 

I'm linking this post with I Heart Cooking Clubs (IHCC) for this week's theme, Monthly Featured Chef: Giada De Laurentiis.