Extreme Granola
A luxurious homemade granola packed with nuts, oats, and dried fruit. This recipe combines crunchy pecans and almonds with old-fashioned oats, sweetened with maple syrup and butter, then finished with dates and dried blueberries.
Ingredients
- •¾ cups pecans
- •½ cup natural almonds
- •4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- •¼ cup sesame seeds
- •8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- •⅓ cup maple syrup
- •¼ teaspoon fine salt
- •¾ cup chopped dates
- •½ cup dried blueberries
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a large shallow baking sheet with foil. Spread the pecans and almonds on the sheet and roast for 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly toasted. Transfer the nuts to a board, let cool and chop the nuts. Set aside.
10 min
- 2.
Reduce the oven temperature to 300°F. Pour the oats and sesame seeds, if using, in a mound on the same baking sheet. Melt the butter in a small bowl in the microwave; stir in the maple syrup and salt and drizzle on top of the oats. Stir well with a rubber spatula and then spread out the oats in an even layer.
5 min
- 3.
Bake the oats for 30 minutes, stirring once with the spatula halfway through, until the oats are lightly colored. Let cool; the mixture will crisp as it cools. Add the dates, blueberries, and reserved nuts and toss.
30 min
