granola with sesame seeds and dried dates
A copycat recipe of granola I ordered at a restaurant recently on our "big city" trip. Since I didn't have a hard copy of the ingredients and this is a copycat recipe, you can adjust the amounts given below.
prep time
10 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
Bake
yield
Yield: 4 cups
Ingredients
- 4 cups oats (i always use old fashioned oats)
- 1/2 cup butter, cut up (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sesame seeds (or white)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 1/2 cup dried dates, cut up into small pieces
- - plain yogurt or vanilla flavored yogurt
- - fresh berries in season (blueberries, strawberries, etc.)
How To Make granola with sesame seeds and dried dates
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Step 1PREAHEAT oven to 350 degrees. Line two jelly roll pans with parchment paper.
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Step 2In a large mixing bowl combine all of the ingredients except for the dried dates, yogurt (and berries if using). Stir. Note: you don't need to melt the butter.
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Step 3Divide the granola mixture and place on the jelly roll pans. Spread out the mixture for even browning.
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Step 4Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until nicely and evenly browned. Stir occasionally and rotate pans.
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Step 5Transfer jelly roll pans to a trivet and allow to cool about 10-15 minutes before stirring in the dried dates.
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Step 6TO SERVE: Place a serving of plain or vanilla yogurt in a bowl. Add a serving of the granola either on the side or on top of the yogurt. If desired, top the granola with fresh berries (or frozen berries which have been thawed). The restaurant garnished my yogurt with a few thin slivers of dried dates.
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Step 7Store in a tight fitting container preferably in the refrigerator.
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