Spiced Rose Petal Granola

  • Cook Time : 40 Min
  • Prep Time : 5 Min
  • Serves : 6 Cups
  • Difficulty : Moderate
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Spiced Rose Petal Granola

Ingredients

4 cups regular organic rolled oats
1.5 cups of your choice of nuts and seeds. I like cashew, almond, walnut pieces, pumpkin, and sunflower seeds. I usually just use whatever I have that day!
1 tsp pink Himalayan sea salt
1 tsp of each cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg powder (get creative, use what spices you like)
2/3 cup dried cranberries or raisins (optional)
1 cup of dried rose petals
1/2 cup of ghee
1/2 cup of maple syrup
1 tbsp of rose water
1 tbsp of flaxseeds, soaked into 2 tbsp of filtered water

Directions

  1. To begin, preheat the oven to 300 F, set out one large or two small rimmed baking sheets, and soak your flaxseeds.
  2. Combine the oats, nuts, seeds, salt, spices, dried fruit, and half of the rose petals in a large mixing bowl.
  3. Heat the ghee in a small saucepan over low heat and stir in the maple. Turn off heat, and whisk in the rosewater.
  4. When thoroughly combined, pour the liquid mixture, including your flaxseeds over the oat mixture and stir until everything is well coated. spread into a thin layer onto your rimmed baking sheet(s).
  5. Bake, 40 minutes, stirring at least once halfway through and rotating the pan once, top to bottom. Cook until the granola is toasty and deeply golden.
  6. Remove from the oven and press down on the granola with a metal spatula. Let cool completely, sprinkle with the remaining dried rose petals, then store in an airtight container at room temperature.

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