⁣Starting the day with homemade granola AND homemade soymilk invites all sorts of happy. 🌞🌸🦋 In a country where I have to pay through my nose for fresh berries, I’m glad I can get them in dried form - and all package free! 🍓 With the exception of the desiccated coconut and Gula Melaka, I bought all of the ingredients for this recipe from @thehivebulkfoods. The soymilk, I’ll share another day!⠀
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MIXED BERRY GRANOLA⠀
Makes about 1 kg⠀
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INGREDIENTS⠀
100g dried strawberries ⠀
100g dried mulberries⠀
100g dried blueberries ⠀
5 cups rolled oats⠀
1 cup desiccated coconut ⠀
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds⠀
75g Gula Melaka / brown sugar ⠀
1/2 tsp salt ⠀
1/4 cup coconut oil⠀
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METHOD⠀
Slice dried strawberries with a knife or scissors. ⠀
Bake the following in the oven, turning ingredients with a ladle every 7-8 mins:⠀
Pumpkin seeds - 170 degrees Celsius for 25 mins⠀
Coconut - 170 degrees Celsius for 15-20 mins or until it browns ⠀
Rolled oats - 180 degrees Celsius for 30 mins ⠀
Allow each ingredient to cool for 20-30 minutes before stirring the coconut and oats together in a large mixing bowl.⠀
In a pan, melt the Gula Melaka, salt and oil on low to medium heat until it becomes a thin fluid (it will not join together. That’s okay.)⠀
Remove from heat and slowly pour liquid over oat mix as you slowly stir with a ladle. Be very mindful of the hot oil. ⠀
Place mixture into the oven again and bake at 180 degrees for another 15 minutes to allow the coconut oil and sugar to integrate into the mixture.⠀
Remove from oven, transfer to a mixing oven and stir in in the 3 types of berries and pumpkin seeds. Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes before transferring to an airtight container.⠀
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Will stay fresh for up to 2 weeks, and in the fridge for much longer! ⠀