Cranberry And Orange Granola Food

CRANBERRY AND ORANGE GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Spread oats on a large rimmed baking sheet. Toast, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned and fragrant, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a heatproof bowl; add almonds and let cool slightly. Coat same baking sheet with nonstick spray. Whisk maple syrup, butter, and hazelnut oil in a small bowl to blend. Pour syrup mixture over oats; stir thoroughly to coat. Spread mixture on prepared sheet.
• Bake granola, stirring occasionally, until the oats are light golden, about 15 minutes. Stir in the cranberries and raisins; bake for 10 minutes longer. Remove granola from oven and let cool slightly. Stir in the orange peel. Let cool completely, then break into pieces. DO AHEAD: Store airtight at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.

CRANBERRY ORANGE GRANOLA CRUMBLE TOPPED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Soak the cranberries in the juice overnight, I added the zest to the jar also.
• (one jar with a lid, I save a PB jar for this use) The next day-- preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Spray either 6 large muffin baking cup pan or 12 small muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Make the topping, combine flour, cinnamon and sugar, cutting in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the granola, soaked canberries and juice and applesauce.
• Set aside for 5 minutes, or until cereal is softened.
• Once cereal is soft, add the oil and the vanilla, place the oil in the jar to remove all flavor if desired.
• Stir together flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl and set aside.
• Add the flour mixture to the cranberry mixture, stirring until combined, you will need to add the soy milk to make it not such a stiff dough, you may need up to 1/4 cup or more.
• Divide the mixture to muffin cups evenly.
• Sprinkle the muffins evenly with the topping.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• Place on cooling rack, cover with a tea towel for 5 minutes.
• After the five minutes, run a butter knife around the muffins, then remove very carefully, they are very soft and delicate.
• Cool completely, place in tupperware lined with a paper towel.
• Freeze after 1-2 days, wrapped in plastic wrap.
• Tip: If you have no fresh oranges, cranberry orange juice (Minute Maid, I think) is a wonderful substitute or even OJ prepared from concentrate, but I prefer fresh as I like the zest added to these.