In fact, the recipe is quite healthy with only small amounts of oil, sugar and honey in comparison the amount of nuts and grains involved.
The flavour is a wonderful mix of chocolate and honey, with your cereal milk turning into a beautiful chocolatey drink at the end. I adored the results.
The recipe was one of the four granolas I managed to create this year, as part of my 2011 Food Challenges.
Chocolate, Cashew & Honey Granola
Anna’s very own recipe. Makes around 8 x ¾ cup serves.
Ingredients:
3 cups rolled oats
2 cups halved raw cashews
½ cup raw sunflower seeds
½ cup linseeds
¼ cup dedicated coconut flakes
¼ cup chia seeds
½ cup Dutch processed cocoa
⅓ cup honey
¼ cup raw sugar
⅓ cup canola oil
Pinch of salt
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 120’C.
2. Combine oats, cashews, coconut flakes, sunflower seeds, linseeds, chia seeds, Dutch processed cocoa, honey, sugar, salt and canola oil until fully combined and all the grains are well coated. You want the granola to clump together, so if it’s too dry or too wet adjust with a little extra oil or oats.
3. Cook in oven for around 1 hour, stirring granola every 10 minutes until it’s crunchy. Take care when stirring not to break clumps up too much.
4. Remove from heat and leave to cool. Store in an airtight container.
This granola sounds great! I'd add a few coffee beans to make it extra addictive :)
ReplyDeleteLooks absolutely delicious! Though I wonder if it might be a little dry? Might have to try and recreate the recipe and find out for myself!
ReplyDeletelateral - coffee beans would be a great addition. i hadn't thought of that but it would work really well.
ReplyDeletespencer - it's dry but i haven't really had a moist granola. they're supposed to be crunchy.
one thing, i did stir it too often at the beginning so it broke up the chunks a bit too much. i prefer bigger chunks. oh, and the tiny seeds are linseeds but might look like crumbs.