Granola

Submitted by Tish Cramer

"The orange zest is a great eye opener in the morning."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil or 2 tablespoons expeller-pressed canola oil
• 1⁄2 cup sesame seeds
• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1⁄2 cup slivered almonds
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1⁄2 cup unsweetened coconut
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Combine thoroughly everything but the cinnamon.
3. Spread on a greased baking pan that has a rim.
4. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
5. Bake for 20 minutes stirring a few times.
6. Cool and store in zip-lock bags in the freezer.

Reviews

[mammafishy]

This was very good! I used what I had on hand. Instead of sunflower seeds I used chopped pecans and sweetened coconut for the unsweetened. I thought I wouldn't like the orange zest but I did. I only used 1 t. of cinnamon and wish I had used more. Thanks for posting!

 

[UmmBinat]

4 1/2 stars. This is good. I used less honey with dark brown sugar as per my favorite recipe. I also used less cinnamon as it seemed a lot & a bit less orange zest because I didn't have enough. I also slightly heated the vanilla (I used halal vanilla paste), creamed honey and canola oil as also per my favorite granola recipe. I made Recipe #164270 with this which was good. But I won't make this again because I don't like sesame seeds in this.

 

[Boppie]

My kids & I loved this! We substituted sunflower seed kernels for the sesame seeds & added 1 cup dried cranberries. The orange zest made this outstanding! And so easy to make!

 

[chris and her whisk]

We made this today and it is half gone already. The kids loved it. We skipped the coconut, and cinnamon and added about two table spoons of "tapa dulce" a sugar cane cake that is popular here. The orange zest makes it.

 

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

Unfortunately, this was not very popular around here. Both kids felt the taste was rather overwhelming for a breakfast cereal. I felt it was okay for something a little different but I must admit it isn't my favorite either. Adding mini chocolate chips so it is a chocolate-orange granola helps a lot! It might be good with some dried cranberries in it as well.