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