Oasis Magazine - Cairns & Tropical North Queensland Issue 21 - Dec|Jan 2018 | Page 9

Liz Richards… CRUNCHY CHRISTMAS GRANOLA Think a healthy light Christmas Breakfast or a recovery Breakfast for Boxing day! Oven: 75-100deg Baked: 3-4 hrs(while you wrap presents) INGREDIENTS: 6 cups rolled oats 1 cup pepitas cup sun o er seeds 1 cups raw cashews or pistachios 1 cup brazil nuts chopped ½ to ¾ cup Cacao liquor – (Heavenly Cacao) or Cacao nibs 1 cup cranberries 1/2 cup naked Buderim Ginger chopped nely if preferred 1/2 cup honey 1/2 cup coconut oil or light tasting olive oil(you may need more depending on how quickly the oil soaks into rolled oats) 2 tsp ground ginger(more if you really want to punch it up) Place all the dry ingredients in a large bowl with the spice and mix really well METHOD: Increase the amount of honey and you will be able to create clusters in this mix - great for snacking! Mix the wet ingredients together and warm - really slightly! - to bring them together a little better(if this mix is too warm it will soak into the oats rather than coat them) Pour over the cooled honey mix and continue to mix until all the ingredients are well coated. Place on paper lined trays(I used 3 but will cook quicker if you have more) and spread as thinly as possible. A FEW LITTLE EXTRA TIPS TO MAKING AWESOME GRANOLA: Always used rolled oats or whole oats - this doesn’t work with quick oats or half oats