spice cereal

Tried a new (to me) recipe for spice cereal (granola) by Oxymoron.

I only made half the recipe and adapted it to what I had on hand.

75 grams mixed nuts

25 grams pumpkin seeds

2 tablespoons ground flax seed

125 grams oatmeal

pinch fennel seeds 

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/8 teaspoon ground clove

1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom

35 grams oil

85 grams honey

25 grams brown sugar

Lightly crush the fennel seeds

Roughly chop the nuts

Put the oil, honey & sugar in a pot on medium and mix, when it starts to bubble and sugar is melted, take off the heat

Preheat oven to 140C (275F)

Coat oatmeal, flax seed, nuts and spices with honey mixture

Spread out on parchment and bake for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, open oven door to let moisture out

Bake for another 20 minutes

Cool and keep in airtight container

NOTES: this was so good with yogurt or just for munching

The original recipe called for some whole wheat flour but I didn't have any so I used some ground flax seed

I think I cooked the honey mixture a little too long because I ended up with “clumps” instead of “granola”

Next time I think I will add a little more dry spices

I will make this again