I improvised a recipe I saw from Giada. It came out really good, but really sweet! Its a sweet snack granola rather than a breakfast cereal. I didn't use any salt and the only fat in the recipe comes from the almonds. Crannyberry Almond Granola
1/3 C real maple syrup
2/3 C brown sugar
1/2 C cranberry juice- not sweetened with high fructose corn crap, I used juice sweetened only.
1 1/2 t cinnamon
2 C oats, old fashioned
1/2 C sliced almonds
1/2 C sliced pitted dates
1 C dried cranberries
In a small saucepan, on low heat, stir together maple syrup, brown sugar, cranberry juice and cinnamon until the liquid thickens and sugar is all dissolved.
In a large mixing bowl, add oats, chopped almonds and dates. Add in the warmed juice syrup mixture and stir to coat.
Spread on a baking sheet and bake at 325 for 20 minutes.
Add the cup of dried cranberries and bake for additional 10 minutes.
Allow to cool and then enjoy! Its chewy and crunchy!
(Giada's recipe didn't use dates and had pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. I didn't have those on hand, plus I was trying to cut the salt out. )
4 comments:
Are you able to finds dried fruit that isn't sweetened. I've look around here but haven't had any luck.
Sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing.
I can only find dried fruit sweetened with apple juice, but I haven't checked online.
YUM!
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