Delicious "California Granola" Recipe

Hey lovely reader! Today I wanted to share a recipe that I tried last week and thought was delicious. It is Bobby Flay's "California Granola". The recipe is simple and the end product is super tasty. I had said in my New Year's post that I wanted to focus on eating healthy, as many people do, so this granola is a great thing to have with breakfast in the morning or as a mid day snack!

You will need:

• Nonstick cooking spray, for greasing
• 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 cup raw almonds, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup raw walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 pure clover honey
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup extra-virgin California olive oil

• 1/4 cup packed light-brown muscovado sugar
• 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1/4 cup dried apricots, chopped
• 1/4 cup raisins or dried cherries

DIRECTIONS

For the granola: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Lightly spray a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray or brush lightly with canola oil. 

Combine the oats, almonds and walnuts in a large bowl. Combine the honey, canola oil, olive oil, sugar, syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix well until combined. Turn the mixture out onto an 11- by 7-inch jelly-roll pan, and spread into an even layer. 

Bake, stirring and re-spreading the mixture into an even layer every 5 minutes, until the granola is light golden brown, about 45 minutes. Immediately turn the granola out onto another jelly-roll pan to cool and stop the cooking process. Stir in the apricots and raisins and then spread the granola evenly in the pan. Set on a wire rack and cool to room temperature. Loosen any dried granola with a spatulaand store in an airtight container. 

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Did you give the recipe a try? Are there any healthier alternatives that you have been implementing into your diet? Xx