Granola (A Recipe)

This is a recipe for granola that I enjoy.

It's a mash-up of The Very Best Granola by Kathryne Taylor (Cookie and Kate) and Tahini and Cardamom-Spiced Granola by Karen Biton-Cohen (Kitchn). Check out those posts for thorough explanations and beautiful pictures.

Making this granola is also a great way to use a 46oz jar that used to be full of pickles, and that tahini you opened in 2005.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Adjust all proportions to taste.

Mix in bowl:

• 2 C oats
• 2 tsp cardamom
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• 3/4 C pecans (chopped)
• 1/2 C pepitas (aka shelled pumpkin seeds. Little pepas?)
• 1/3 C sunflower seeds

Oats and spices lookin' Instagrammy

Size guide: an example of chopped pecans

Eras of nuts and seeds

All the dry ingredients mixed

Mix in pyrex 2c measurer:

• 1/4 C tahini
• 1/3 C olive oil
• 1/2 C maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla

Family photo with sauce components

Eras of polar variety

Fun with pareidolia

All the wet ingredients mixed and looking appetizing

Pour the liquids over the oat/nut/seed mixture and stir well.

Spread out on parchment-paper covered tray.

Bake 25-35 mins, stirring every 10 minutes.

Let cool before breaking up and putting in jar.

Sauce all mixed in to the dry ingredients

Spread out evenly on a tray to bake

All baked! At this point your kitchen smells really good

In a jar and ready for breakfast

Eat with yogurt or whatever sounds good to you!