Orange & Almond Granola

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Cookie + Kate
Total Time
30 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Rating
4.9 out of 5 stars
(78)

Ingredients

8 cups
  • 2 teaspoons orange zest (from about 1 ½ oranges, preferably organic)
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 ½ cup raw almonds
  • 1 teaspoon fine sea salt (if you’re using standard table salt, scale back to ¾ teaspoon)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil or melted coconut oil
  • ½ cup honey or maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup raisins, preferably golden
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Chef’s notes

Recipe adapted from my honey almond granola and cranberry orange granola.
Make it gluten free:
Use certified gluten-free oats.
Make it vegan:
Substitute maple syrup for the honey.
Make it nut free:
Substitute pepitas for the almonds.
Change it up:
You can use other dried fruit (chopped if large) for the raisins. Dried apricots or cherries would be really nice here. You can also change up the nuts; pecans are great.
Recommended equipment:
A Microplane is the perfect tool for removing zest from citrus, and you’ll get the most reliable baking results in a proper half sheet pan.
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