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Olive Oil Granola

by Kelli on February 27, 2012

Olive Oil Granola
Are Monday mornings as tough for you as they are for me?  Today felt like an especially tough morning.  The only thing that stopped my from hitting the snooze button one more time was my growling stomach & a large jar of freshly made Olive Oil Granola.

If my day started with granola, Greek yogurt and fruit for the rest of my days, I’d be a happy gal.  Sure, I like to change things up and I love variety, but I’m also very much a creature of habit.  Especially when I reeealllly like something.  And I reeealllly like granola.  And now, I reeealllly, reeealllly like love this Olive Oil Granola.

Olive Oil Granola
I was trying to think of the last time I bought granola at the store.  It’s been so long I really can’t remember.  From the first time I made granola at home, I knew this was one item I would never be purchasing at the store ever again.  It’s quick and easy to make, and the best part about making your own granola, is that you know every single ingredient that’s going in your mouth.  There’s no preservatives, no ingredients you can’t pronounce and, unlike many store-bought granolas, it’s not likely to contain a zillion grams of sugar (unless, of course, you want it to).  You get to control all the ingredients included (or not) in your granola.

The first time I tried this recipe, I think I plowed through the whole batch in a week.  It’s delicious and addictive – don’t say I didn’t warn you!  The taste of the olive oil is ever so slight, almost undetectable.  But right before your mouth is filled with the sweetness of maple and brown sugar, you just barely catch a glimpse of the olive oil’s bitter scent.  It happens so quick, you wonder if your taste buds fooled you.  And it leaves you going back for spoonful after spoonful.
Olive Oil Granola
Olive Oil Granola

Ingredients

  • 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 1/2 cups raw pistachios
  • 3/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds
  • 1/2 cup wheat germ
  • 1/2 cup ground flax seed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 3/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup shredded coconut

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

In a large bowl, combine oats, pistachios, pumpkin seeds, wheat germ, ground flax, salt, cinnamon and cardamom, and mix together. In a small bowl, combine olive oil, maple syrup and sugar, and whisk until fully combined. Add wet mixture to the oat mixture, and stir to fully coat.

Spread the granola mixture in an even, single layer on rimmed, parchment-lined baking sheets, working in batches if necessary.

Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Stir the coconut into the mixture prior to the final 10 minutes of baking.

Remove from the oven and fully cool before serving.

Store in an air tight container.

Adapted from Melissa Clark, , July 10, 2009

Olive Oil Granola

 

Enjoy!

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