Excellent as cereal or blended with yogurt. Use an airtight container for storage.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 10 cups |
Ingredients
- 6 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 ½ cups finely chopped pecans
- ½ cup finely chopped almonds
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- ⅓ cup boiling water
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- ¾ cup minced dates
- ¾ cup minced raisins
- ⅔ cup minced dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Mix oats, pecans, and almonds together in a bowl. Whisk oil, maple syrup, and water together in a measuring cup and pour over oat mixture; stir until evenly coated. Spread oat mixture onto 2 baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes; stir and continue baking for 12 minutes more. Stir and bake until granola is golden brown, about 12 minutes more. Cool to room temperature.
- Mix cinnamon and cardamom together in a container with a lid; add dates, raisins, and cranberries. Cover container and shake until fruit is coated. Stir dried fruit into cooled granola.
Reviews
I made this according to directions except for cutting back the servings, using coconut oil rather than vegetable oil (a perfect sub!), and using currants rather than dates which I was out of. I love the toasted nuttiness and the sweetness of the fruits, and the flavor of the cardamom was just right for us. I used the granola specifically for some lovely dense pancakes on this site, and this added just exactly the right amount of sweetness to those. I would make this again. Thanks for the recipe, Hope!