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vanilla almond granola
I’m curled up with my laptop watching The Prince of Persia. Somehow, seeing Jake Gyllenhaal on my TV screen makes me feel a little less lonely on a Friday night. When I first saw him in October Sky, I remember thinking, “Wow, I didn’t know they made them like that.”
Anyway, enough of that. I was going to talk about power foods, and granola.
This granola is not that different from the lemon scented cherry granola I posted a couple of years ago. I took out the fruit and lemon this time, and added in almond flour and flax meal.
As far as nutrients go, the almonds add protein, vitamin E, and calcium, while the flax meal holds a wealth of B vitamins and fiber. The oats, which are probably my favorite grain, have both insoluble and soluble fiber, which can help lower cholesterol and balance out the blood sugar.
I posted the quick recipe for making this yogurt and orange parfait on my babble blog, along with a list of some of the health benefits of yogurt.
vanilla almond granola
6 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup almond flour
1/2 cup flax meal
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees (150 degrees Celsius). Combine oats, almonds, almond flour, flax meal, oil, honey, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
2. Spread mixture on a parchment lined baking sheet (half sheet size). Bake for 15 minutes, and stir the mixture with a spatula. Return the mixture to the oven, raise the heat to 350 degrees (180 degrees Celsius), and bake for another 10-15 minutes, or until oats are a golden brown.
3. Remove cookie sheet from the oven, and allow the mixture to cool completely. When it has cooled, break up the mixture in large and small pieces. Place in a large bowl. Serve alone, with milk, or on top of yogurt and fruit. Can be stored in an airtight container for up to one week.
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This is brilliant! I love the addition of almond flour to the granola, it must help bind all the ingredients together making the granola clump together while adding a little bit of nuttiness. I’m going to have to try this!
Yes, I love almond flour. I confess I add it in a lot of recipes, because someone gave me a huge bag of it for free.
If anyone is wondering, you can always leave it out, if it’s too expensive, or you can’t find it.
In the picture, what type of fruit are you pairing with the yogurt & fruit? It looks divine, I can’t wait to make it. I am new to your site and a huge fan. Your site is beautiful and the recipes are divine. Your have beautiful children and a wonderful personality! Thanks for all you do!
That is actually an orange, which I sectioned. Let me post up a link that explains it better.
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Crystal–thanks for all those nice things you said, and here’s the link for that parfait. http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2011/02/18/power-food-yogurt/
Oh wow, if healthy food looks this DIVINE I can forget cakes n ice creams for ever! I’ve never used store bought almond flour, infact have never cooked with one. Can u get it at any grocery store or should I look at some particular place? Sorry if the question is stupid
This looks absolutely delish! I’ve been looking for a new granola recipe. One question though: If I leave out the almond flour, would I need to substitute anything?
Ooh, this looks so good! I love the idea of getting healthy foods in a beautiful and tasty way. I’m definitely going to try this at home!
Not at all, Prerna, it’s not a stupid question. In fact, it took me awhile to ever find it at a regular grocery store. I knew Bob’s Red Mill made it, and so I used to check the baking aisle at Target every time I was there, until one day, they carried it.
It should have been about $13 per bag, but for some reason, they had it priced at $2.99. So I bought a ton of bags of it. I just froze or refrigerated it until it was ready to use.
However, after awhile, Target raised the price. Then they stopped carrying it.
I usually end up finding it in health food stores, though. It’s quite common there.
The almond flour I have, though, is a 10 pound bag from http://www.honeyvillegrain.com –my friend gave it to me after she bought it for an HCG diet, which she never finished.
For the bog bags, that link is here: http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/naturalalmondflour5lb.aspx
They also sell blanched almond flour.
Anywhoo, I hope that helps.
Liz—Yes, you can definitely leave it out if you can’t find the almond flour.
Love granola! Yum! I am sure my tiny grocery store will not have almond flour, so thanks for letting me know you can leave it out
I just made this, and it’s delicious! Thanks for the recipe! Just a tip: if you own a food processor, you can easily mill your own almond flour by grinding blanched almonds. It’s much less expensive than buying pre-made almond flour.
Great point, Liza! So glad the granola turned out for you.
If I leave out the almond flour do I replace it with regular flour or just omit it all together.
LEah—for this recipe, just leave it out all together. Great question.