Mornings in my house are always crazy. With two boys, one of which is in school it is always a rush to get out the door to the bus. I have become great at putting on make-up in three minutes (and having it still look great) and I am the queen of 5 minute showers. My two boys on the other hand move like molasses. It doesn't help that many mornings my oldest is finishing his homework from the night before or my youngest is unhappy and massively grumpy from having to wake-up in the first place. Normally breakfast for myself takes a backseat and I am often left with only coffee until lunch. I try to keep at least a few things on hand that are quick to grab on the run. This week I tried a new recipe for Captain Crunch - A Better Granola from Bon Appetit magazine.
This recipe has 11 ingredients. It takes 1 hour of total time, 15 minutes of which is active and makes 12 servings. For the nuts I used pistachios since they are a family favorite. I have never seen coconut shaving at my local store so I substitute unsweetened coconut. Finally I used olive oil instead of coconut oil since coconut oil is much higher in saturated fat. So every once in a while a recipe doesn't turn out at all. This recipe was one of those cases. I had to completely redo the recipe after it came out of the oven. First the granola as written came out dry and with no crunch or clump at all. Therefore I added additional olive oil and a 1/2 cup of honey. Then I placed it back in the oven for 20 minutes. When it came out I let it cool and then broke it into chunks. After my modifications it was perfect. I would suggest adding honey instead of the agave and adding additional olive oil. The texture was definitely better with the modifications.
With my changes this recipe was very popular with my family. Before the changes the granola was too salty and did not hold together at all. It would be better as a yogurt topping, but if you are looking for a granola recipe you need to make changes such as I did by adding additional honey and oil. My two boys really loved the granola after the changes and ate over half of the batch.
For the recipe go to A Better Granola.
And I bet it's a lot healthier than the $4 box granola I bought Ben with 27 grams sugar in 2/3 cup!
ReplyDeleteA lot of store bought granola definitely has a lot of sugar I agree :)
DeleteBet that goes great with some low fat yogurt!
ReplyDeleteIt would be yummy with yogurt :)
DeleteYUM! I love granola - homemade or not, although with homemade, I know exactly what's in there.
ReplyDeleteI love granola also. I buy store bought when I don't have time to make my own. There are some great all natural granolas :)
DeleteOk, so this sounds so yummy---- you've done it again (gotten me all hungry, Lol)
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Maya D
Thanks :)
DeleteLooks so good! I've been on the search for a good homemade granola recipe so I'm off to check it out.
ReplyDeleteIf you make it tell me how it turns out!
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ReplyDeleteBut this looks really good, although I'm not sure about the coconut part. I mean I like coconut, but I'm very picky when it comes to coconut. I don't like coconut flavored drinks or liquor (not that I'm a hard core drinker or anything). Than there's only certain food I like coconut in, and I'm not sure that homemade granola would be 1 of them. But I do Love Pistachio's and Dried Cranberries!!!!
It would work fine without the coconut. I understand about not liking certain foods, there are some that I don't like either :) You could substitute chocolate chips for a sweet taste if you like those!
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