Raisin and Apricot Granola
I have a granola making addiction.
I have been making a lot of chia seed pudding lately (such as the recent chocolate peanut butter creamy chia seed pudding or, my personal favorite, matcha and vanilla chia seed pudding), and whenever I have chia seed pudding, I NEED to sprinkle it with a LOT of granola.
And after making my pecan cranberry granola for the 37th time, I wanted to try something new.
And I know that I have a new favorite thing every week, but seriously, this is my new favorite granola.
I apologize to all the raisin haters out there who are not so thrilled about all these raisin recipes, but for me? I don't think I have enough raisin recipes!
This was a throw all the dried fruit and nuts that need using into a baking sheet and hope it tastes good kind of recipe. And guess what? It totally works.
This granola is the perfect topping for yogurt, chia seed pudding, or shoving handfuls into your mouth throughout the day. Being a chronic snacker myself, I totally understand if you choose the latter.
Raisin and Apricot Granola
Ingredients
- 3 cups rolled oats
- ¼ cup pecans, coarsely chopped
- ¼ cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 3 tablespoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup honey
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup dried apricots, cut into small pieces
- ⅓ cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300˚F.
- In a large bowl, mix together the oats, pecans, walnuts, sugar, cinnamon and salt.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the honey, coconut oil and vanilla. Pour in with the dry ingredients and mix until the oats are thoroughly coated.
- On a baking sheet, spread the mixture in a thin, even layer. Bake for 15 minutes. Stir together and add the apricots and raisins. Bake for an additional 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, and let cool for around 20 minutes. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
What a deicious, healthy way to start the day Cathleen.
This is so standing on my breakfast table tomorrow 🙂
I can never get enough granola recipes, either! And I am one of those raisin haters (sorry!) but am always happy to sub dried cranberries instead--and I think they'd go great with apricots! Pinning!
This is such a great Springtime granola recipe! I LOVEEEEEE all of the apricots going on! Pinned!
What a healthy and delicious dried fruit granola 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I love both raisins and dried apricots 🙂 delicious granola!
I love the addition of the apricots! I never buy apricots and I have no idea why...I love them - so thanks for the reminder!!! And I think they'd be GREAT in this granola - it looks fantastic! Hope you had a great Easter! Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen
Looks lovely crunchy and tasty! 🙂 ela@GrayApron
I love homemade granola! This looks great. I love the idea of adding dried apricots!
A healthy granola, Cathleen... happy easter!
I've been on a granola kick too - first baked and clumpy and then in bars. I've eaten it over yogurt (once) and the rest just with my fingers. It's nice that it's so good for us. I'm going to try your recipe next!
Nice! Prefect for those days when I crave for crunchy munchies!
Healthy! Happy Easter!
Cathleen , Happy Easter to you and your family from mine . 🙂
We love love homemade granola! This looks great, Cathleen.
Why do you keep tempting me so Cathleen?!
This looks fabulous! I'm not even sure if I'll ever buy my own granola ever again, it's so much fun to make! 😀
Hope you're enjoying the holidays missy! x