granola love fest.

beauties!

i have a truth to share

i have been in some deep (random)

resistance about making this granola
i just wasn't ready until now

***AND I AM SO HAPPY I BROKE THRU IT***

IT'S THE BEST GRANOLA I HAVE EVER HAD

I DREAM ABOUT IT AT NIGHT

I TAKE A LITTLE HERE, A LITTLE THERE

I CAN'T STOP LOVING IT

am i still in caps? that just means passion 

behind each word, sound, love fest for reals

and now i am a changed woman, mama, human

*no granola can ever compare to homemade*

so here it is:

inspired by 

the kitchn

*jules granola love fest*

*gather*

3 cups gf bobs red mill oats

(old fashioned/no quick oats)

2 - 2 1/2 cups in total of 

pumpkin seeds & slivered almonds

*also added a hand full of some wide flake, 

unsweetened coconut*

1 1/2 tsp kosher coarse (pink) salt

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup olive oil

1/2 cup maple syrup

(i did a little less than this)

3/4 tsp vanilla

*mix it up*

first put oven to 350 bake

grab a big bowl you love

pour all the dry stuff together

mix it up

then add the wet ingredients

mix it up

throw it onto a baking sheet

& flatten it out (see pic above)

*fire it up*

bake for about 40 minutes

stir it up every 15 minutes

this granola was pretty wet

even at the end but it dried up 

in the cooling process

*also the coconut i threw in at the beginning

made it very very crispy ;) you can add it in at the 

20 - 25 minute mark of your baking

if you prefer it less crisp!*

also in the pics you will see beautiful dried cherries
the recipe noted to put these in at the end
but i like to put everything together
bc it's easy and i am a 'no time like the present' kinda gal...
well.. they turned into burnt dried cherry whoppers!
so pretty in the pic but a disaster in the mouth :)
so i took those out promptly & this is why i made it first...
so you can know to put the dried fruit in later! 

i am loving this granola by the hand full
or in my vanilla goat yogurt

it's super crunchy & crisp

i wish i could give you a taste right now!

let me know how it works for you

leave a comment below so we can 

feed & inspire each other

have a beautiful weekend

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