Coconut Almond Granola
For other granola ingredient and flavor ideas see Cookie and Kate’s: The Very Best Granola, Orange and Almond Granola, Triple Coconut Granola, Cranberry Orange Granola, Honey Almond Granola with chopped dried fruit, and her Gingerbread Granola.
Coconut Almond Granola
Ingredients
- 5 cups rolled oats
- 2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1 cup raw sesame seeds
- 1 cup raw almonds, chopped
- 1 cup honey
- 1/2 cup avocado or light olive oil*
- 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
Instructions
Mix all ingredients in a large roasting pan. Bake in a 300 degree oven for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Let cool 15 minutes, stir, then let cool completely.
*Trader Joe’s Trader Grotto’s Sicilian (cold pressed) Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a blend of three olives from Sicily, packaged in Italy in a beautiful bottle. It’s light and delicious. Store it in the dark and use up within a month.
Serve with yoghurt, sweetened with a little honey or maple syrup or with milk and top with fresh fruit.
