Best Granola With Apricots And Ginger Recipes

Homemade Granola with Ginger image

Provided by Jennifer Rash

Time 2h20m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 15

2 cups rolled oats
2 cups quick-cooking oats
¼ cup chopped pecans
¼ cup chopped walnuts
¼ cup chopped almonds
¼ cup pepitas
½ cup maple syrup
¼ cup coconut oil, melted
¼ cup chopped crystallized ginger
2 teaspoons ground turmeric
1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger, or to taste
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Mix rolled and quick-cooking oats, pecans, walnuts, almonds, and pepitas together and spread out on a sheet pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer to a large mixing bowl. Reduce oven temperature to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C).
Mix maple syrup, coconut oil, crystallized ginger, turmeric, ground ginger, cinnamon, salt, cardamom, and pepper together in a smaller bowl and pour over the oats and nuts. Mix thoroughly, then pour mixture back onto the baking sheet.
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Turn oven off and leave granola in for 1 hour.
Remove from the oven and let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 182.7 calories, Carbohydrate 23.2 g, Fat 9 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 3.6 g, Sodium 112.6 mg, Sugar 6.8 g

Maple Apricot Granola image

Yield Makes about 10 cups

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/4 cup flaxseeds (1 1/4 oz)
6 cups old-fashioned oats (18 oz)
2 cups sliced almonds (8 oz)
1 cup hulled (green) pumpkin seeds (not roasted; 5 oz)
1/2 cup hulled sunflower seeds (not roasted; 2 1/2 oz)
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup pure maple syrup
1/3 cup crystallized ginger (2 1/2 oz; optional), finely chopped
2 cups dried apricots (11 oz), finely chopped
Accompaniments: plain yogurt or milk; honey or maple syrup
Special equipment: an electric coffee/spice grinder

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Finely grind flaxseeds in coffee/spice grinder, then stir together with oats, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, salt, oil, and syrup in a large bowl.
Spread mixture evenly in 2 large shallow baking pans (1 inch deep) and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, stirring and switching position of pans halfway through baking, until golden brown, about 30 minutes total.
Cool granola completely in pans on racks, then stir in ginger (if using) and apricots.