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.
