Ancient Grains Granola Clusters

Ancient Grains Granola Clusters | Accidental Artisan

I really wanted to wait until I had my hands on some spelt flakes again before sharing this recipe with you, but lo and behold I found an ancient grain cereal blend in my local grocery store! I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the words “ancient grain” printed on an actual package. Good ol’ Rogers makes this ancient grain blend of porridge oats with oat, rye, barley, spelt, khorasan (kamut) AND quinoa flakes. I literally said “whaaaaaa?” out loud in the store and knew I just had to try my granola recipe with it.

Now, the first time I made granola I did look at a recipe, but silly me didn’t quite read through the entire thing before I started (I’ve got to stop doing that!). While that granola was edible, I had missed the part where the dried fruit gets mixed in AFTER the granola has baked and cooled so I had very caramelized and hard to chew raisins sprinkled throughout. Live and learn…. sorta. I started making a variation of granola from the Oh She Glows Cookbook where I took my favorite ingredients, poured them into a bowl and winged it. Worked really well, until my man’s Mom asked me for the recipe. Doh!

I made it one more time and “eyeballed” it with measuring cups and spoons to bring you this slightly sweet, clustery goodness. I dare you not to snack on it right out of the jar. 😉

Happy baking!

Ancient Grains Granola Clusters | Accidental Artisan

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Ancient Grains Granola Clusters

Servings 7 cups
Author Sophie

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup finely ground almonds
  • 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped almonds
  • 3 cups Rogers ancient grain blend porridge oats or spelt flakes or rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds
  • 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 3/4 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup local honey
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 275 degrees F. In a large bowl, mix together the almonds, oats, seeds, coconut, cranberries, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.

  2. In a small saucepan, melt the coconut oil on low heat. Remove from the heat and add the honey and vanilla extract. Stir to combine.

  3. Drizzle the liquid over the dry ingredients and stir until the mixture is coated.

  4. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread the mixture evenly onto the baking sheet and gently press down to compact it.

  5. Bake for 20 minutes, then rotate the baking sheet and bake for another 20 minutes or until granola is lightly browned on the bottom.

  6. Let the granola cool completely before breaking into clusters. Store in air tight jars or containers in the fridge for up to 4 weeks.

4 thoughts on “Ancient Grains Granola Clusters

  1. I made these today and they did not stick together enough. I think there needs to be more oil and honey. I thought the mixture was too dry before I baked it. The mixture does taste good. I will be using the crumbs with yogurt. I was disappointed with the results as this recipe was expensive to make.

    1. Hi Karen, sorry to hear that. I have had friends make it and my mother-in-law makes it pretty much every week with no troubles. I’m assuming you included the finely ground nuts? This is a big part of what helps make the clusters. Did you press the mixture down into the pan firmly before baking and let it cool completely before breaking into clusters? Those two pieces can also affect it. To bring down the price you can also reduce the chopped nuts, seeds and dried fruit to your liking, it won’t really affect the recipe.

  2. Sophie thank you for your response. Yes I followed the recipe and did use the ground almonds and made sure I pressed it in the pan and let it cool completely. I laughed reading through your blog about how you didn’t read through recipes so I made sure that I didn’t make the same mistake. I may try these again in the future with a few changes.

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