How To Make The Crunchiest Winter Spiced Granola Recipe

Made with orange zest, cranberries, ginger and a warming mix of spices, this granola recipe has a winter vibe and is a fantastic one for the Christmas breakfast table with natural yoghurt and fresh fruit (before the Christmas pancakes that is!!). It really is the crunchiest winter spiced granola recipe out there. And with just a dash of honey per serving, it’s pretty low in sugar too. So much better than the processed ‘low-sugar’ varieties you can buy in the shops!

The only downside to this recipe is that it is so delicious that it doesn’t last long. In our house, or at least where my kids are concerned, granola is not just for breakfast! They help themselves to it throughout the day – for a sneaky late night snack, pre-or post exercise, as a dessert. Even my granddaughter Annelie is obsessed with it!

I console myself with the fact that they are getting in the good stuff. This granola provides a great mix of slow-releasing carbohydrate, protein, healthy fats, vitamins and minerals. If you want to boost the nutrition even more, then top it with natural yoghurt or milk and a banana, for instance, or a handful of blueberries or pomegranate seeds.

Head down to the recipe. You can use this video below if you’d like to follow some easy steps, just remember to change the ingredients – adding the pecan nuts, spices and orange zest – to add that wintery vibe to your granola.

How To Make The Crunchiest Winter Spiced Granola Recipe

Everyone prefers this tasty granola to the sugary excuse for granola that you can get in the shops! Brimming with nutritious energy, slow-releasing carbohydrate, protein and healthy fats, as well as vitamins and minerals, it’s simple and speedy to make.

Enjoy at breakfast time, layered up rainbow style with fresh fruit and yoghurt or as a delicious snack, straight from the jar!

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Prep Time 5 mins Cook Time 20 mins Rest Time 5 mins Total Time 30 mins Difficulty: Beginner Cooking Temp: 180  °C Servings: 8

Ingredients

Servings

• 200 g jumbo porridge oats
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• ¹⁄₂ tsp ground ginger

• Pinch ground cloves

• 2 tbsp honey or maple syrup
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp sunflower or cold-pressed rapeseed oil

• Zest of 1 orange

• 50 g pumpkin seeds

• 100 g pecan nuts, or mix of almonds, hazelnuts and pecans

• 100 g crystallised ginger (or to taste)

• 100 g dried cranberries

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4.

2. Mix together the oats, nuts and seeds with the spices, orange zest, honey or maple syrup, oil and water.

3. Spread the mixture evenly onto a large baking sheet.
4. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown, turning the mixture after 10 minutes for it to brown evenly.
5. Leave to cool for 5 minutes or so. It will crisp up like magic.
   

6. Add the cranberries and crystallised ginger.

7. Store in an airtight container for up to three weeks.
   
8. Enjoy ‘rainbow style’ as in the image, with yoghurt and fruit.

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