{"id":485,"date":"2017-04-25T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T07:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=485"},"modified":"2018-03-09T01:58:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T01:58:53","slug":"nutty-coconut-granola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/nutty-coconut-granola\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutty Coconut Granola (and a Granola Master Plan)."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Snackable, giftable, and of course, breakfastable…I love opening my pantry and seeing a container of homemade granola inside! I’ve been using this granola recipe since my friend Rach<\/a> first made it when we were roommates. It’s super easy to make, and you can use whatever add-ins you like. This version has a couple different kinds of nuts, and shredded coconut, since I almost always have those around!<\/p>\n

First, you mix your dry ingredients – oats and wheat germ or flaxseed, brown sugar if you’re so inclined, salt, and whatever nuts and seeds you’re using (if you add dried fruit, it goes in partway through the baking time).<\/p>\n

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Then, you mix your wet ingredients – coconut oil and maple syrup and cinnamon, and a splash of water. Whenever this heavenly combination is simmering on my stovetop, I start dreaming of what else I could use\u00a0it\u00a0for\u00a0– pancakes? Ice cream? Some kind of amazing homemade frappuccino?<\/p>\n

You mix the two together and dump it onto a pan. The hardest part is encouraging the granola to form clusters – I haven’t mastered it, but you squeeze little handfuls together and hope for the best. It’s going to be crunchy and nutty and toasty-tasting, even if it’s been unprofessionally clumped!<\/p>\n

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This is pre-clumping attempts…a good time to give it a little taste!<\/em><\/p>\n

The granola bakes for 30 minutes, gets a stir, and bakes about 15 minutes more. And then you have a giant panful of this.<\/p>\n

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We gave jars of granola as teacher gifts this year. I mean, it’s no cookie dough truffles<\/a>\u00a0(thanks for showing me up, sis), but it looks super cute packed up in a mason jar and is delicious with milk for breakfast, sprinkled on yogurt, or eaten straight out of the jar by the handful! And if you haven’t made apple pie dip<\/a> yet, the combination of the two is basically apple crisp – but one snack plus one snack does not equal a treat, of course, and that is the kind of math I can do all day long.<\/p>\n

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