GranolaI feel like every granola recipe has a cheesy alliterative modifier preceding it. "Groovy granola" or "great granola" or "gratuitous granola," etc. Yet I think this is just granola. And it still needs some work.
Like the broccoli-lentil salad, this is a recipe I made a lot during my ascetic life outside of academia. It's cheap and relatively nutritious. Remaking this recipe now, I think I skimped on sugar and nuts. Although the molasses and walnuts taste great after being toasted, the granola didn't form enough chunks. Any thoughts about how to improve this granola, besides using more molasses? Perhaps different cooking time or temp?
Update 2/6: Granola epiphany--a better way to make granola.
Like the broccoli-lentil salad, this is a recipe I made a lot during my ascetic life outside of academia. It's cheap and relatively nutritious. Remaking this recipe now, I think I skimped on sugar and nuts. Although the molasses and walnuts taste great after being toasted, the granola didn't form enough chunks. Any thoughts about how to improve this granola, besides using more molasses? Perhaps different cooking time or temp?
Update 2/6: Granola epiphany--a better way to make granola.
GranolaIngredients
3 1/4 c rolled oats
3/4 c flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
½ c crushed walnuts
1/8 c sesame seeds
1/8 c flax seeds
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1/3 c canola oil
1/3 c molasses
1 tsp vanilla
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2/3 c raisins
Instructions
Hmm, I've never heard of adding flour to granola. Have you ever made it without?
ReplyDeleteI think your best bet for more chunks is more sweetener, be it molasses or honey, and less stirring.
You could also try adding fruit juice. That's what Reid does.
I actually added the flour a few years ago because I thought it might help bind it together. But I think I'm going to try less stirring and fruit juice, with and without flour. An experiment!
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