Sweet And Salty Chocolate Granola Food

SWEET AND SALTY CHOCOLATE GRANOLA

Steps:

• This recipe originated on an episode of Giada Entertains. Episode: Chocolate for Breakfast.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the oats, syrup, olive oil and salt. Toss well to coat evenly. Spread the mixture on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes. Stirring half way through. Remove the tray from the oven and stir in the walnuts and almonds. Bake for an additional 25 to 30 minutes, once again stirring halfway through to brown evenly. Cool completely on the tray.
• Stir in the chocolate chunks when completely cool.
• Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

SWEET AND SALTY GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Cover a 10x15 inch pan with wax paper.
• Mix brown sugar and water in a microwave safe bowl. Cook in microwave to dissolve the sugar, about 1 minute. Combine oats, salt, walnuts, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Stir in sugar mixture, honey, and vanilla extract. Mix well. Pour mixture onto the prepared pan, spreading evenly. Create clusters by squeezing small handfuls of the oat mixture together.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and gently stir granola using a spoon. Return to the oven and bake for an additional 25 minutes. The granola will be slightly browned and will continue to harden as they cool.

CHEF JOHN'S CHOCOLATE GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
• Combine brown sugar, maple syrup, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, salt, cayenne pepper, and cocoa powder in a bowl. Whisk thoroughly. Add oats and almonds. Toss and smear the mixture together using a spatula until well coated. Spread mixture evenly over a silicone-lined baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Toss granola with a fork, breaking up any clumps to get a finer texture. Continue baking until desired texture is reached, 30 to 60 minutes more. Sprinkle some granola onto a plate; if it clinks, it is ready. Turn off the oven and leave granola inside the oven to dry and cool to room temperature.

SWEET & SALTY GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300.
• Stir oats, nuts, pepitas, sunflower seeds, chia seeds and salt in a large bowl.
• Heat brown sugar, maple syrup, and olive oil in a large measuring cup in microwave for about 1 minute or until the sugar dissolves. Pour over oat mixture in mixing bowl and stir well.
• Place on a parchment lined 15 x 10 jelly roll pan and pat into one layer. Bake at 300 for about 30-40 minutes, stirring as necessary until light to dark gold, (your choice) however the less you stir the more clusters this will make. When baked to your liking, remove from oven.
• Sprinkle and lightly press dried fruit on top of granola but do not stir it inches Wait until this cools and then break into pieces while mixing in fruit.
• Feel free to mix up your fruit/nut combo. The original recipe also contains coconut flakes. Imagine that with macadamias and dried pineapple. Hmm. Time for a new batch!

SWEET AND SALTY GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Line a 15x20-inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
• BARS: Combine all ingredients for bars in large bowl. Mix well. Press evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly.
• TOPPING: Combine melted chocolate and Kosher salt. Drizzle over bars. Allow chocolate to harden. Cut into bars.
• NOTE; When lining a pan with parchment paper, overlap the sides to allow for easy removal and cutting of squares.