| Yummy Coconut Granola
- 3 cups oats
- 2 cups wheat germ and/or the variations below
- 1 cup seeds (pumpkin, sesame, and/or sunflower)
- 1 cup soaked* nuts (hazelnut, almond, Brazil, etc)
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup oil (I use coconut or olive)
- 1/4 cup liquid sweetener (agave or maple)
- 1 cup dried fruit (apricots, raisins, and/or goji berries, etc)
Preheat to 225F. Mix all ingredients together except dried fruit. Pulverize the nuts in a food processor before adding to mix. For lower fat granola, substitute water for some or all of the oil. Grease baking sheet and bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 min. Cool then add dried fruit. Makes about 8 cups.
Variations: I usually add ground chia seeds, ground flax seeds, and hemp seeds to the mixture as well. If you have these hanging around, throw them on in! It's an easy way to get them into your diet without having to separately add them every morning.
*Soaking nuts: This needs to be done at least 12 hours before hand. I usually forget and just add the nuts the next day after they've soaked! Cover the nuts with water (unsalted) and let sit for at least 12 hours. If sitting for longer, rinse after each 12 hour period.
Some say that soaked nuts or ground flax/chia seeds will go off after a couple days. I've never had that happen (probably cause it gets eaten so fast around here!). If you're worried, store in fridge.
Enjoy!
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