My interpretation of the Ponchartrain sauce used in one of the city’s well-known seafood chains. Even while I like snapper best, it may be drizzled over any type of grilled, blackened, steamed, or pan-fried fish. Very classy and simple! A wonderful concept for a candlelit meal for two.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 20 servings |
Ingredients
- 5 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup blanched slivered almonds
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup sesame seeds
- 1 cup wheat germ
- 2 cups shredded coconut
- 1 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
- 1 cup canola oil
- 1 ½ cups honey
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- In a large bowl, stir together the oats, almonds, walnuts, pecans, sesame seeds, wheat germ, coconut and sunflower seeds. In a small pan over medium heat, stir together the oil and honey. Cook and stir until blended. You could also do this in a large measuring cup in the microwave, heating for about 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Pour over the oat mixture, and stir to coat evenly. Spread out in an even layer on two cookie sheets.
- Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the oats and nuts are toasted. Immediately after it comes out of the oven, stir in the raisins and dried cranberries. Let stand until cooled, and stir again to break up any large clusters. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks, but I guarantee it won’t be around that long!
Reviews
Gorgeous! I’ve been making granola for 20+ years, and this is the first recipe I’ve seen that comes close (maybe even better than mine). The only change I’d make is replacing the honey with maple syrup – maybe a bit less. And drop the oven temp to 150C and cook for up to 2 hours stirring once in awhile. The goal is to get a texture that’s not heavy or oily.
This is a great meal coupled with yogurt 🙂 Trying to add it to my meal tracker is difficult, I would appreciate if the chef could provide a bar code of some sort.
My family LOVES this granola recipe!!!!
It burned! OK maybe the oven’s fault and not the recipe. I did have the oven at 315 because I know my oven runs hot, but if I was to do this again I would go for 300 or 290 and keep an eye on it. It was a drag to waste such expensive ingredients. I can still eat it but it’s not the best, and I won’t bring it to school for Friday snack which was my plan. Also I thought the sesame seeds were too much, I would reduce that to maybe two tablespoons. Plus it needs some seasoning; a bit of salt, cinnamon. I swapped out honey for date nectar to make it vegan (not sure if the different sweetener made it bake faster) , and the wheat germ for ground flax to make it gluten free.
It was delicious. It certainly doesn’t last long in our household and I will make it often
THIS IS SO YUMMY! I didn’t add the fruit and still love it!
This is great stuff. The best granola ever. I will never buy granola again. Next time I think I will use apples, cinnamon, and raisins.
Best granola I’ve ever made! I didn’t have all the goodies on the recipe, so substituted dried cherries and fresh dates for the raisons and sunflower seeds. I used coconut oil instead of Canola, and 1 cup of honey,+ 1/2 cup of coconut sugar. It baked up with the perfect crunch. I used steel cut oats and the shredded coconut was unsweetened. Even the grandsons like it for cereal or munching. Much healthier than store bought junk.
I had to cook this longer than it said. I also need to remember to take it off the cookie sheet as soon as it comes out of the oven. Or maybe use parchment paper like other have done.
I grew up having a variety of sweet and savory breads or pastries for breakfast. When my husband, 1st introduced me to granola, I didn’t care for it. But, for his sake, I looked up a granola recipe on AR and gave this recipe a try. He loved it and won’t go back to eating store bought kind again. I myself got hooked on it and the kids later on. We all have it with low fat plain yogurt. I make this recipe so often, I don’t need to look at the ingredients list anymore. When I am short on one kind of nuts, I use more of another kind to make up. If I am out of wheat germ I use ground flax seeds instead. Also, I started lately cutting down little bit on the oil and honey, and it still makes a great granola !
Everyone loves this so much I have to make it for friends and family on a regular basis. I add cinnamon and vanilla, I double the coconut, and add a cup of coarsely chopped almonds or pecans. Sometimes I use chopped dates, hemp hearts, chia, or whatever I might have on hand.
I like it!
I’be tried this recipe 3 times! It’s so addictable.
Awesome! I am gluten intolerant so I used 1/2 cup coconut flour and 1/2 cup almond flour instead of wheat germ and substituted coconut oil for the canola oil. Let me just say “YUM”.
I will have to make this again, as the entire batch didn’t even make it into the containers! Had some friends over and between 8 of us, we finished most of it and they each took the rest home! Excellent.
I absolutely love this granola!! We have made it as thank you gifts for so many people and they have also raved about it. I recommend switching the pans of granola about halfway through and stirring to evenly bake all of it.
This is a very good granola. My step son always asks for it.
I love this granola recipe. This last batch I used dried blueberries instead of the raisins and cranberries, and added pumpkin seeds and flax seeds instead of the wheat germ. Oh, and I added a 1/4 tsp of cinnamon. OMG, the best!
Added 3 tablespoons of red chile powder and used coconut oil instead of canola. I love the Chimayo Red Chile from New Mexico. Delicioso!
Ermahgerd so good!!! You do not need to change a thing with this recipe. It’s perfect the way it is! Great recipe use it all the time now. The best part of the recipe is that it uses canola oil instead of vegetable oil. A much healthier substitute. Occasionally I’ll add M&M’s or do half honey half pure maple syrup, but that just to switch it up. Like I said recipe is great as is! Yum!
Addictive is the word you’ll use for this. I changed up the mixture and did different things with it. It’s wonderful.