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Mundane Morsel

Sometimes life is just daily

August 2, 2014

Cluster conquest

by Megan Stocker in Breakfast, Between Meals, Brunch, Essentials, Recipes


With all due respect to the artisanal granola hawkers out there, paying $10 a bag for toasted oats is ludicrous.

For a fraction of the cost (and in less than half an hour), you can be sitting down to a bowl of homemade granola.

You don't even need to be a hippie.

In fact, after making your debut batch, I predict you'll be feeling so pleased with yourself...so Miss Molly Homemaker...that purchased granola will become a distant memory.

The hardest part?

Cooking up your most heavenly combination.

Here's mine--just in the event that we dream in the same flavor.


Almondy-almond-coconut-cherry granola

Makes 4-1/2 cups

Adapted from The Wall Street Journal

  • 1/4 cup almond butter
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil, liquified
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 cup sliced almonds
  • 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
  • 1 (heaping) tsp. sea salt
  • 3/4 cup dried cherries

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.

In a small saucepan set over low heat, melt the almond butter, coconut oil, honey, and sugar until homogenous (and something you'd consider bathing in), about 2 minutes. Off the heat, stir in the cinnamon and vanilla.

In a large bowl, toss the oats, almonds, coconut, and salt together before pouring the almond butter elixir over top. Stir with a spatula until well-coated.

Spread the gooey oats directly onto a rimmed baking sheet in a single layer. Place them into the oven to bake for 18-20 minutes, stirring halfway through, calling it quits when they're beautifully bronzed and smelling out-of-this-world.

Allow the granola to cool and harden before breaking it up into the sized pieces you are after.

Mix in the cherries, then store in an airtight container for 3-4 weeks (as if!).

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