Healthy Honey Hazelnut Granola

Indulge in this Healthy Honey Hazelnut Granola – a fragrant, wholesome blend of oats, nuts and natural sweetness. Lightly spiced with cardamom and baked to golden perfection, this granola is perfect as a breakfast cereal, yogurt topping or nutritious snack. And, like Mandy’s Healthy Granola recipe, puffed quinoa adds extra crunch without the calories.

Why you’ll love it:

• Made with simple, natural ingredients
• Gluten-free and customizable with dried fruits or seeds
• Perfect for breakfast, snacks or on-the-go energy

Healthy Honey Cardamon Hazelnut Granola

Emily Kichler

Elevate your mornings with this Healthy Honey Cardamom Hazelnut Granola — a crunchy, flavourful granola made with wholesome oats, roasted hazelnuts and naturally sweet honey.

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Ingredients

• ⅓ cup honey
• 1¼ cup canola oil
• 2 tbsp ground cardamom
• 5 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp pure vanilla
• ½ tsp salt
• 3 cups puffed quinoa
• 3 cups large flake oats
• 1½ cups hazelnuts coarsely chopped
• 1½ cups pumpkin seeds
• ¼ cup sesame seeds
• ¼ cup chia seeds
• 1 cup dried apricots chopped
• 1 cup Medjool dates chopped
• 1 cup coconut chips toasted

Instructions

 

• Position racks in top and bottom thirds of the oven, then preheat to 325°.
• In a large bowl, whisk honey, oil, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, vanilla and salt until smooth.
• Add puffed quinoa, oats, hazelnuts, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and chia seeds. Stir well to combine and coat evenly with honey mixture. Divide onto 2 baking sheets.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Stir mixture; switch and rotate pans. Continue baking until nuts are lightly toasted, about 15 more minutes. Let cool completely on a rack.
• Scatter apricots, dates and coconut chips over both baking sheets; stir well to evenly incorporate.
• Store granola in jars, air-tight containers or zip-top bags for up to a month.

Notes

Feel free to customize this recipe; almonds would work well instead of hazelnuts, and dried cranberries would be a nice substitute for dates.

Keyword Granola, homemade granola

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