Man do I love eating breakfast. I love making Saturday morning French toast or Sunday brunch poached eggs with thick cut bacon but, what about all the other days of the week. Wolfing down a bowl of cereal or grabbing a banana on the way out the door just never really satisfies the way I want it to. I have a solution for weekday rushed breakfast: Sunday night granola. Making the granola the night before takes all the pressure off weekday mornings and you can still have a special homemade breakfast. Having homemade, crunchy- sweet granola will help a Monday feel less terrible. I found a recipe that I switched up a bit and really did the trick. Best part is, it's so freakin' easy.
3/4 Cup sliced almonds
1 Cup of flaked coconut
1 Cup Maple syrup
1/2 Cup brown sugar
2 Tsp Vanilla extract
2 Tbsp Lemon juice
1 Tsp Lemon Zest.
1 Cup of dried Blueberries.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
1. Combine oats, almonds, and coconut in a large bowl and set aside.
2. In a medium saucepan put maple syrup, sugar, vanilla, lemon juice and zest on low heat. Stir until combined and sugar has melted.
3. Pour syrup mixture over the oats and toss the oats like a salad until well coated.
4. For easy clean-up line a baking sheet with foil and pour the mixture on the sheet.
5. Bake for 10 minutes and stir the granola on the baking sheet and continue to cook for another 10 minutes or until granola is no longer sticky or wet.
6. Let the granola cool on the baking sheet and then add the dried blueberries.
Serve with milk or yogurt and some fresh sliced fruit and you've got a pretty quick and special weekday breakfast.
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