About the Recipe
Alpha Granola is the most basic granola created to please my finicky son who decided for a season that he didn't want any nuts or seeds. Alpha can be used as a base for granola bars, topping on oatmeal or chia pudding and basically any recipe that calls for granola.
Ingredients
DRY INGREDIENTS
8 ¼ cups/ 21 oz old fashioned rolled oats (regular or thick cut)
1 1/3 cup/ 3 oz coconut, shredded, unsweetened
WET INGREDIENTS
6 tablespoons/ 3 oz organic butter, unsalted
1/3 cup/ 3 oz non gmo rice brand oil or organic virgin coconut oil
1/4 cup/ 2 oz honey, local
1/4 cup/3 oz maple syrup
Preparation
Step 1
Line (2) half sheet pans with parchment paper or silicone mats.
Preheat oven to 300F convection
Step 2
Blend together DRY ingredients, oats and coconut in one bowl.
Step 3
In a small saucepan, gently heat the WET ingredients butter, oil, honey and maple syrup on Low heat until the butter melts. Whisk until wet ingredients are a uniform brown color in the saucepan.
Step 4
Pour WET mixture over dry ingredients. and using a spatula coat all the mixture. Pour out onto a sheet pan into a uniform layer. Using the back of the spatula, pat down the granola. Place in the middle of the oven to bake.
To get clumps, cool completely on sheet pans on wire rack before taking off on baking sheet. Store in air tight glass container for 4-6 weeks.
Step 5
Bake time 22 minutes until coconut turns light golden brown
Baking Tools for Recipe
BAKING SHEETS
SILICONE MATS OR PARCHMENT PAPER TO LINE PANS
SMALL SAUCEPAN
MEASURING CUPS OR SCALE
WHISK
SPATULA
LARGE MIXING BOWL
COOLING RACK
AIRTIGHT JAR FOR STORING COOLED GRANOLA