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Homemade Granola
Homemade granola with strawberry flavor will make any products desirable. Jars of strawberry granola are emptied surprisingly quickly. During baking strawberry jam does not differ in its properties from honey: walnuts, oatmeal, and small seeds are coated with the thinnest sweet layer. Since the jam is mixed with olive oil, the flakes do not stick together, and the granola will be loose. The walnuts will have a particularly vivid strawberry flavor, and you will want to pick out these treats, reminiscent of strawberry-nut candies, from the granola first. The finished strawberry granola is served with natural yogurt.
Ingredients
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- oat flakes – 2 cups;
- strawberry jam – 3 tbsp;
- honey – 1 tbsp;
- olive oil – 2 tbsp;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- walnut kernels – ½ cup;
- sesame seeds – ¼ cup;
- flax seeds – ¼ cup.
Preparation
- To make granola at home, take strawberry jam with medium thickness syrup and small berries. The packaging for the oat flakes should indicate that they cook for 5-7 minutes.
- Break the walnut shells, and divide the freed kernels into quarters.
- Place the walnuts and oat flakes into a deep bowl.
- Measure the required amount of sesame and flax seeds.
- Lightly sprinkle the grains with salt.
- Mix the granola base and set the bowl aside.
- Transfer the strawberry jam to a saucepan. Scooping jam, there should be an impressive strawberry mound on the tablespoon. If the berries are small, they can be left whole; after baking, they will become tiny strawberry candied fruits. It is better to blend the jam with large berries to homogeneity, as large strawberries dry slowly in the oven, they may remain moist inside, which will contradict the overall dried and crispy texture of the granola.
- Add honey to the saucepan with the strawberries.
- Combine the strawberries and honey with olive oil. In the finished granola, the taste of vegetable oil will be imperceptible; it will become completely strawberry.
- Heat the contents of the saucepan to 50-70 degrees. The oil, honey, and syrup from the strawberry jam should become a uniform mass, while the strawberry berries remain whole.
- Pour the warm mixture into the bowl with the nuts and grains.
- Mix the granola. The strawberry jam gives the oat flakes a darker shade.
- Grease the parchment with butter or vegetable oil, pour the granola onto the greased paper, with a layer thickness of 1-2 centimeters. There is no need to press the granola.
- Transfer the parchment with the granola to a baking sheet and place it in the already preheated oven. Bake the strawberry granola at a temperature of 150-160 degrees. The baking lasts 30-35 minutes, stirring the granola with a spoon every 10 minutes. Homemade granola is ready.
Strawberry granola is darker than honey granola. The hot granola should cool on a flat plate. It can only be packed in jars or boxes when the granola is cold.
The crumbly strawberry granola can be enjoyed on its own, treating it as an oatmeal-nut snack. The crunchy granola can be washed down with tea, cream, or juice.
Standard ways to use granola will also be relevant: mixing the flakes with milk, yogurt, or buttermilk. Any dish will be accompanied by a rich strawberry flavor.
