I didn’t quite believe thefauxmartha when she dubbed this recipe “The Last Granola Recipe” but I think this woman’s on to something. I am not at the stage yet where I’ve totally found my staples and to be honest, it feels a little dramatic to say this is THE ABSOLUTE LAST granola recipe I should ever try. But you know I’m really LEARNING a lot these days.
Cardamom. Usually sneaks itself into chai spice, but here it’s really only with cinnamon. The shining star, it counters the sweetness of the maple syrup and mixes well with the coconut and nuts. I’m a fan of you cardamom! I ate this granola atop yogurt, mixed with another cereal in milk, and actually used them to make these Magical Marvelous cookies from Food52. Thanks for being reliable, granola. You’re there for my mornings, my extra-secret-magical-cookie ingredient, and those mid-day snacks when I want to pick out some dried fruit or the nuts.
What are you loving these days besides your favorite granola recipe? I’m loving NeedtoBreathe, a certain special chapel, new skinny jeans, and wearing my Grandpa’s old scarf everywhere as if he’s with me.
Let’s begin…I made half of the recipe FYI.
Here goes cardamom, oats, salt, and cinnamon. Give it a lil swish with the whisk.
Olive oil, maple syrup, and vanilla mixin it up together
Mix up the oats and the sweet coating, reserving a few tablespoons of the oil mixture. Spread everything out on a parchment-paper lined baking sheet.
I like my granola more like cereal so I try and spread it out as flat as possible, but if you like it clumpy, keep it a bit more tightly packed. Into the oven! 350 for 20 mins
Meanwhile, I chop up whatever nuts I’ve got on hand! Literally every kind, cashews, peanuts, walnuts, and pecans
Mix them together with some leftover syrup-oil mix and the dried coconut. I have the thin strips not those thick flakes here.
After 20 minutes mix in the nuts etc into your granola and bake off for another 5-7 minutos.
When I serve mine I like some dried fruit so I added chopped apricots and raisins after the granola cooled!
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Looks yummy! I never thought of using cardamom in my granola. I add dried fruit when it comes out of the oven and is still warm, so it softens the fruit. I love what you are loving these days.