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I was looking for some new breakfast dish, as I got a little tired of warm oatmeals, millet or quinoa breakfasts recently. I felt like something cool in the morning: plain yogurt with fresh fruit was good for a start, but it needed some hearty crunchiness. I went to try homemade granola. I never made it before, I only knew the ready made ones from the supermarket. They didn’t tickle my fancy. <\/div>\n
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Now this is my first homemade granola. I would have never thought what difference it makes. It is so much better when it is freshly made. Just the fragrance of it is so convincing that I will never ever buy ready made muesli again.<\/div>\n
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It’s so easy and fast to make. I am usually well equipped with all sorts of grains, nuts, seeds and dried fruit. For the granola, I had all the ingredients at home and decided to give it a go with coconut and cranberries. It gives you lots of opportunities to mix in whatever you fancy: e.g rolled spelt, various other dried fruit, any nuts you like.<\/div>\n
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CRUNCHY COCONUT CRANBERRY GRANOLA<\/b><\/div>\n
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2 cups rolled oats<\/div>\n
1\/4 cup wheat bran <\/div>\n
1\/4 cup desiccated coconut<\/div>\n
1\/2 cup chopped almonds<\/div>\n
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1 tablespoon coconut oil<\/div>\n
1 tablespoon vegetable oil<\/div>\n
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2 tablespoons maple syrup<\/div>\n
2 tablespoons honey (or agave syrup for a vegan version)<\/div>\n
1\/2 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/div>\n
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1\/4 cup dried cranberries<\/div>\n
1\/4 dried apricots, chopped<\/div>\n
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Preheat oven to 180C. In bowl, combine oats, wheat bran, coconut and almonds. Spread the mixture onto baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes in preheated oven until lightly toasted. Transfer back to a bowl and let cool.<\/div>\n
In a saucepan combine coconut oil, vegetable oil maple syrup and honey. Cook over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Keep stirring. Boil for a couple of minutes. hen add the vanilla extract. Pour the syrup over the oat mixture in the bowl and stir until evenly coated. <\/div>\n
Spread the mixture onto a baking sheet and bake for another 8 minutes, or until fragrant. Let cool, then stir in the dried fruit.<\/div>\n
Store in airtight container at room temperature.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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