Cocoa Cherry Granola

This crowd pleasing granola is so chocolaty and honey sweet that you’ll swear you’re eating dessert for breakfast! And we've also created a vanilla bean maple granola that is sweet perfection!

Ingredients

• ½ cup honey
  
• 1 Rodelle Vanilla Bean, split and scraped.
• Reserve the bean
  
• 3 cups rolled oats (not quick cooking or instant)
  
• ¼ cup Rodelle Baking Cocoa
  
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
  
• ½ cup shredded, unsweetened coconut
  
• ½ cup slivered almonds
  
• Dash salt
  
• ½ cup dried cherries
  

Vanilla Bean Maple Granola Recipe

Directions

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
  
• Pour the oil into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Heat in the oven for about 10 minutes.
  
• In a small pot, heat the honey, stirring in the vanilla seeds and the reserved bean. Simmer lightly for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and let sit while preparing the oats.
  
• Thoroughly stir in the oats and cocoa and bake until toasted, about 10 minutes, stirring often.
  
• Stir in the coconut, almonds and salt and bake for 5 minutes.
  
• Remove the vanilla bean from the warm honey and pour over the oat mixture. Add the cherries and thoroughly toss to coat the mixture.
  
• Bake for about 10 minutes, stirring once or twice. Remove from the oven. Cool on a wire rack, stirring once or twice until cooled.
  
• Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Will keep indefinitely.
  

Vanilla Bean Maple Granola Recipe