Orange & Pepita Granola Recipe from the YumUniverse Cookbook

Orange & Pepita Granola Recipe

Anyone who grew up eating boxed, processed cereal remembers how fruity and delicious the milk tasted when you got to the bottom of your bowl. Well, bottoms up!

This nutritious granola has the same nostalgic taste without the harmful chemicals, dyes, and flavorings. It doubles as a tasty snack that travels well, too.

You can find this recipe (and a lot more awesome recipes) in the YumUniverse Cookbook by Heather Crosby. 

INGREDIENTS

Wet

¾ cup maple syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Dry

3 cups rolled oats

1 cup shredded coconut

1 cup pumpkin seeds

1 cup almonds, roughly chopped

Zest from 2 navel oranges

1 teaspoon sea salt

Pinch ground cardamom*

STEPS

1. Preheat oven to 300°F.
2. In a small bowl, stir together wet ingredients.
3. In a large bowl, toss together dry ingredients.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry and fold well.
5. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper (or just one — you can split the batch, baking one half at a time).
6. Bake the granola for 20 – 25 minutes. Granola should look slightly browned and toasted.
7. Remove from oven and repeat if you are splitting your batch. Granola will harden as it cools.

psst! Don’t overcrowd your baking sheet — you want granola evenly spread across the sheet about ¼" tall. Overcrowding leads to uneven toasting. If you bake and the edges of granola are browned but the center is not, you may have overcrowded the pan. Simply remove the toasted granola, spread the untoasted around the pan, and bake longer.

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Serve over Easy Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Chia Puddi, or with homemade non dairy milk (recipes in full cookbook).