Homemade granola

Whether you want a snack during the day or a breakfast with yoghurt or milk, homemade granola is great because not only is it easy to do but you can make it exactly to your own taste. Not chewy enough? Add more syrup. Want coconut? Just add coconut! You get the idea. Here are two of our favourite combos… 

Ingredients

Peanut butter, ginger and chocolate granola

100g rolled oats

Large handful peanuts

2 tbsp golden syrup

1 tsp ginger

1 tbsp peanut butter

50g cooking chocolate

Apricot, honey and walnut granola

100g rolled oats

Large handful of chopped walnuts

1 tbsp honey

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla extract

30g chopped apricot

½ freshly chopped apple

Method

-       Heat oven to 180C

-       The same procedure more or less applies to both the sweet and savoury granola

-       First you must mix the oats and nuts together

-       Then mix in the golden syrup/honey, the spice and either the peanut butter or the vanilla extract, depending on which one you’re making

-       Put the granola mix in the oven and bake for 30-35mins, turning the mixture over every 10mins

-       Approx. 10mins before the end add in the dried chopped apricot

-       Take out of the oven and let the granola cool

-       Melt the chocolate and pour over the sweet granola and let it cool

-       Store in an air tight container max. 2 weeks

-       Remember to chop up some fresh apple to have with the savoury one and add yogurt or milk if desired or eat without!

By Melodie Walter