My Favorite Granola: Chocolate-Covered Cherry

I love making this granola on weekend mornings and eating warm from the oven while the chocolate is still melty. I have been using cherries lately, but I have used raspberries and strawberries too--whatever you have on hand will do.

Ingredients:

1 cup rolled oats

¼ cup ground flax seed

2 tbsp. flax seeds

2 tbsp. chia seeds

¼ tsp. salt

2 tbsp. melted coconut oil or olive oil

2 tbsp. raw cane sugar

1 tbsp. maple syrup

¼ tsp. vanilla extract

¼ cup frozen or fresh cherries, chopped

¼ cup chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Combine oats, ground flax seed, flax and chia seeds, and salt in a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk melted oil, sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla extract with a fork. Fold in chopped strawberries into dry mixture. Add wet mixture to dry, and combine. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking tray, and bake for 10 minutes. Stir with a spatula, and bake for 10 more minutes. Immediately after removing from the oven, sprinkle chocolate chips on top and stir with a spatula until chocolate is melted and coating the granola.

My Favorite Recipes: Thanksgiving Edition

The first two recipes are both savory pies. I will probably make the Festive Chickpea Tart tomorrow and save the Cabbage and Onion pie for the weekend. The olive oil crust works well for both.

Dreena's Festive Chickpea Tart

Lagusta's Cabbage and Onion Pie

Isa's Olive Oil Crust (Freeze olive oil one hour prior to making.)

I will probably make cranberry sauce (cranberries, maple syrup or sugar, water) and mashed potatoes (potatoes, olive oil, nondairy milk, salt, pepper) too.

I usually make pumpkin pie, but with two savory pies that require pie crust, I'm planning to make chocolate chip cookies instead. I have a lot of chocolate chip cookie recipes, but I'll probably make this one.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!