Chocolate Crunch Granola
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 3 cups rolled oats, preferably old-fashioned
- 1 cup crispy rice cereal (like Rice Krispies)
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1⁄3 cup pecans, chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries (or raisins)
directions
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- Cover a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine oats, Rice Krispies, brown sugar, pecans, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
- Place the honey and oil in a microwave safe dish, like a 2 cup glass measuring cup, and microwave on high for 30-60 seconds until warm. Add vanilla and chocolate. Stir with a whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. If necessary, microwave at 50-70% power for 30-45 seconds to completely melt chocolate. Alternatively, heat the honey and oil in a small pot on the stovetop until warm, remove from heat and stir in vanilla and chocolate.
- Pour chocolate mixture over oat mixture and gently mix until combined.
- Bake at 300F for 20-30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
- Let granola cool on pan. Stir in cranberries.
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I am a stay-at-home-mom, or rather, drive-around-in-the-minivan mom to DS7, DD6, DD5 and DS1. DH is lactose intolerant so I have learned to work around that in my recipes. I started baking cookies and such when I was about 9, and cooking daily suppers when I was 13 so I have been in the kitchen for a good percentage of my life already. It's a good thing that it's my favourite place to be!
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