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For robust breakfast, add these granola bites on top of your fruit and yogurt for extra flavor and more fiber in your diet, or for snacks enjoy it plain.
Oat is one of my favorite breakfast food ingredient. I love a hot bowl of oatmeal in the morning and I often use oats in my baking, as well. It give the cakes the softness like this pillow soft muffins. But most of all, I like using oats in this quick and easy granola recipe.
No time for making or eating breakfast?
Make your granola in a batch and enjoy it throughout the week. I like to sprinkle it over my yogurt for a sweet start in the morning, or you can zip it in less than 5 min and take it with you.
Why should you make your own granola instead of buying ready made?
Because homemade granola tastes twice as good and costs half as much. You also can cut the fat down considerably when you make it at home and by using small amounts of canola oil, add the flavors you prefer, or load it with nuts and fruits of your choice.
What is grape molasses?
A Very healthy middle eastern thick syrup extracted from grapes. Anyone who is not familiar with grape molasses, it is very healthy and beneficial, very rich in antioxidants, well known for it’s high contents of iron and used widely in treating iron related anemia. You can find it at middle eastern stores.
The key to making delicious granola is to bake it at low temp or a long time.
Store in an airtight plastic container with lids on in the cupboard, where it will await breakfaster or afternoon muncher. For long storage , keep it in the fridge or freeze it.
In this recipe, I used my homemade yogurt recipe, does not need to strain it because it is thick enough, smooth it a little with a whisk. Served loaded with oven roasted black grapes, then topped with some sweetened the granola and almond clustered that is coated with generous amount with grape molasses for additional healthy diet then toasted to nutty flavors.
Grape Molasses Almond Granola
1/2 cup chopped almond
2 cups old fashioned oat
1/4 cup grape molasses
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon canola oil
Preheat the oven at 275 f. Coat an oven pan with a little oil.
Place all ingredient in large mixing bowl, and stir very well until combined, make sure all coated with the molasses.
Spoon the entire mixture into the baking sheet, spread into a single layer, so they have room to get toasty.
Bake for 10 min, then rotate the pan and bake for another 10-15 min, let cool.
Once cool, break clumps into smaller parts, store in plastic jars.
Yogurt Granola Parfait with Roasted Black Grapes
Baked granola
Roasted black grapes plus juices (recipe coming next in separate post)
Homemade or store bought yogurt or greek yogurt(Recipe here)
With a whisk, whip the yogurt until creamy and smooth, top with the roasted grapes or you have the choice to use any kind of fruits. Then top it with granola clusters, enjoy.
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Jehanne@thecookingdoctor said:
This looks delicious! I am all for homemade granola and yogurt , I like the way ur granola turned out with small cute clusters !
Good Cooks said:
Thank you Jehanne, the most f all is easy quick and healthy. You can do that by spooning the granola mix into the pan. thanks for dropping by.
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Amira said:
Woow these looks so yummy and healthy, I hope kiddos will like it .. I was thinking of using honey instead of molasses so what do you think? great post and great pictures too.
Good Cooks said:
According to my kids, they like it, especially if they are sweet enough, honey is great choice…thanks Amira 🙂
giverecipe said:
Homemade foods are always much better! And it sounds like making granola is easy, so I must give it a try! Love that it has grape molasses in it, it’s so healthy!
Good Cooks said:
Yes, it’s delicious too specially with cracker and cheese, hope you’ll love it like mine.
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D Patel said:
Great recipe! I ave some pomegranite molasses and was wondering if I could sub that for the grape molasses. I have a whole bottle of it that I bought just to make muhamarra. What do you think?