Middle Eastern · Breakfast

Olive Oil Granola

Name: Olive Oil Granola
Total time: 1 h 32 min
Yield: Makes about 5 cups; serves 8
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats; ¾ cup golden flax seeds; ⅓ cup sesame seeds, toasted; ¼ cup Demerara sugar; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp fleur de sel; ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil; ½ cup honey; 2 tsp date molasses; olive oil cooking spray, for the parchment, to taste; 1 cup golden raisins; ¾ cup Medjool dates, pitted, finely chopped; 1½ cups spiced almonds, roasted, Moroccan-style

A crunchy, lightly savory granola made with olive oil and honey, deepened by date molasses and sesame. The dates, raisins and spiced almonds go in after baking so they stay soft and crisp.

YieldMakes about 5 cups; serves 8
Hands-on25 min
Total1 h 32 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Granola

3 cupsold-fashioned rolled oats
¾ cupgolden flax seeds
⅓ cupsesame seeds, toasted
¼ cupDemerara sugar
2 tspground cinnamon
1 tspfleur de sel
⅓ cupextra-virgin olive oil
½ cuphoney
2 tspdate molasses
to tasteolive oil cooking spray, for the parchment

Stir in after baking

1 cupgolden raisins
¾ cupMedjool dates, pitted, finely chopped
1½ cupsspiced almonds, roasted, Moroccan-style

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
Pescatarian

Contains

Gluten
Tree nuts
Almond
Soy
Sesame
Sulfites
Legumes (any)
Flax (linseed)
Oats
Olive
Date
Grapes
Cinnamon
Honey
Lecithin (any source)
Fructose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Bitter
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Chewy
Crunchy

Equipment

Oven

Season

Any season

Occasion

Meal prep

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 1
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: moderate
Carbs: high
Fat: high
Fiber: high
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: moderate

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Ingredients

Granola

Stir in after baking

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