Chia Granola
Chia Granola (with this recipe feel free to interchange some seeds, nuts and fruits)
Ingredients
2 cups rolled oats
1/4 cup ground chia seeds
2 tbsp whole flaxseeds
1/4 cup grapeseed oil or light olive oil
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup Chia seeds
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup dried goji berries
1/4 cup dried blueberries
Method
Preheat oven to 300F.
In a large bowl, combine first 6 ingredients, stirring until well coated.
Brush a non stick baking tray with oil then spread mixture onto it.
Bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. after it has cooled a bit, add dried fruits and mix well
Can I use syrup rather than honey?
Yes Tom, that would be fine.
So you need 1/4 a cup or 1/2 a cup? 1/4 cup is listed 2 times. Just want to verify. LO
Hi Jessica. You need a 1/4 cup of ground chia seeds (sometimes sold as milled chia seeds) plus 1/4 cup of whole chia seeds. This combination gives a better texture to the finished product, I feel.
Try making granola in your Crock Pot – Dump everything in, stir it up, set it on High & let it cook without the lid (which would catch condensation). Just stir occasionally, more often as it dries out.
Also – try using frozen juice concentrate as a substitute for some of the oil & honey. It’ll still be sticky.
The more varieties of granola you have, the more you’ll make & enjoy it!
Great suggestion Christine. Many thanks
if I do not have ground chia seeds can I just add the regular seeds – thus using 1/2 cup in the entire receipe also would you store this in the refrigerator
You could try it, but the ground chia seeds actually helps to bind the mixture together and gives a better texture. Its easy to make your own ground chia seeds it you use a coffee grinder or similar appliance. I use the “Magic Bullett” for grinding chia.