Homemade Granola with Earl Grey and Strawberries
This homemade granola recipe is a simple and quick breakfast idea, but infused with flavor from earl grey tea, orange zest and dried strawberries.
Servings: 12 Servings
Calories: 322kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup honey
- ⅔ cup water
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 3 teaspoons loose leaf good quality earl grey tea
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- zest and juice of 1/2 an orange
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- 2 ½ cup old fashioned oats
- ⅓ cup sunflower seeds
- ⅓ cup sliced almonds
- ⅓ cup whole flax seeds
- ⅓ cup uncooked quinoa
- ⅓ cup coconut flakes
- 1 cup dried strawberries
- ⅓ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300F.
- Line a rimmed backing sheet with a silicone baking mat or a large piece of parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a small sauce pan, combine the honey, water, and olive oil.
- Heat to boiling and then reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 5 minutes, or until just slightly thickened.
- Turn off heat and stir in the tea leaves, vanilla, orange zest and juice, ground cinnamon and ground cardamom. Allow to sit for 3-5 minutes while the tea leaves steep.
- On the prepared baking sheet, mix together the oats, sunflower seeds, almonds, flax seeds, quinoa, and coconut flakes.
- Pour the prepared syrup over the granola ingredients and stir to combine.
- Evenly spread the mixture into as much of a single layer as you can, slightly pressing the mixture into the pan.
- Bake for 35 minutes, stirring occasionally, until toasty and golden.
- Allow the granola to cool completely in the pan.
- When completely cool, mix in the dried strawberries and mini chocolate chips.
- Store in a an air-tight glass container with a lid.
Notes
*If you want big chunks of granola, only stir after 15 minutes of baking and press the granola back into the pan evenly.
*If you want smaller chunks of granola, stir after every 10 minutes of baking, and evenly spread the granola back into the pan.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 322kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Sodium: 235mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 31g
