Cooking Thursday: Homemade Granola and a Fun Treat

 

Happy Thursday Friends!

I thought I had shared this recipe with you already, but I was looking back and I see that I never did. It's one I'd like to have in my recipe tab so I'm sharing it today, even though I made it a month or 2 ago. 

I think I found this in either a Taste of Home magazine? Or maybe my Country Living magazine where I have a subscription? As I mentioned, I made it a few months ago and I had taken a quick pic of the recipe... so I'm not certain. But it was really good and we used it in our desserts or for breakfast for a few weeks. 

The recipe was for this maple coconut granola. It was an easy and straightforward recipe. I mixed the ingredients, poured them on the sheet pan and baked it half way...took out the pan and added the coconut and then put in to finish baking. Then added in the chocolate chips and craisins when it came out of the oven and cooled a few minutes. I think I used whatever nuts I had on hand (sunflower and pumpkin seeds at the time). Then stored it in an airtight container and it stayed good for weeks. I had also halved this recipe and it still turned out great and lasted us a while. If you're not a coconut person I think you could easily omit it too. 

Here's the recipe:

With the yummy homemade granola we had this apple pie inspired yogurt treat for several nights. I don't remember where I saw inspiration for this recipe I sort of made up - maybe pinterest. I chopped and peeled a large apple and put it in a bowl. I then sprinkled the apple chunks with some cinnamon, ginger, ground clove and nutmeg. I drizzled all with some maple syrup and tossed it. I measured everything with my heart and no set amounts. I would guess a tbsp of syrup, a 1/2 to 1 tsp of cinnamon, and 1/4 tsp each of the rest. Tossed it all together and microwaved it until it was warm and softened. Maybe a minute - every micro is different so check as you go. Then I put the warm cinnamony apples on vanilla greek yogurt and sprinkled on some granola. So good and gave apple pie/apple crisp vibes for less sugar and calories and added protein. It was delish! 

If you try these recipes I sure hope you 

enjoy! 

xoxo