Best 4 Coconut Sour Cherry Granola Recipes

CHERRY, ALMOND AND CINNAMON GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Toss the oats, coconut, almonds, and cherries together in a large bowl. Pour the vegetable oil and honey over the oat mixture. Add the cinnamon, and stir with a wooden spoon until all the oats and nuts are coated with the liquids. Pour onto a sheet pan. Bake, stirring occasionally with a spatula, until the mixture turns a nice, even golden brown, about 25 to 30 minutes.
• Remove the granola from the oven and allow to cool, stirring occasionally. Store the cooled granola in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE-CHERRY-COCONUT GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with a piece of parchment paper that is large enough to go up all sides of the pan.
• Combine oats, rice cereal, coconut, almonds, and cherries in a large mixing bowl and set aside.
• Combine honey, peanut butter, brown sugar, coconut oil, vanilla extract, and salt in a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat until brown sugar is melted; continue to simmer for 1 minute more. Pour heated mixture into the dry ingredients and stir to fully combine. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Pour granola into the prepared baking pan and press firmly with a nonstick spatula or lightly oiled hands to tightly compact and distribute evenly throughout.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Remove from the refrigerator and slice into 20 equal portions. Tightly wrap individually in plastic wrap or serve immediately.

CHERRY AND COCONUT GRANOLA WITH YOGURT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, combine oats, almonds, coconut, sesame seeds, and cherries.
• In a separate bowl, stir together coconut oil, honey, maple syrup, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and salt. Pour wet mixture over dry mixture and stir well to combine. Spread over a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake granola until golden brown along edges, 20 to 25 minutes, tossing gently from time to time.
• Serve granola with yogurt and fruit, if desired.

CHEWY COCONUT GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275.
• In a very large bowl mix together oats, wheat bran, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and flax seeds.
• Combine in a sauce pan olive oil,honey, vanilla, brown sugar, and salt.
• Heat on medium heat until all are dissolved and form a "syrup".
• Pour the "syrup" into the bowl of dry ingredients and mix very well, try to ensure every piece is evenly coated, stir, smash, stir.
• When all is mixed well stir in coconut and raisins.
• Put half of mixture into a glass 9x13 baking dish and spread evenly without packing down.
• If you have two glass dishes you can bake both at once.
• Bake at 275 for 40 minutes, then leaving pans in oven, turn up oven to 325 and bake for another 12-15 minutes.
• Stir granola just once when it comes out and leave it alone to cool, if there are clumps do not break them up.
• Allow to COOL COMPLETELY before removing from pan or serving.
• Store in an airtight container or gallon size freezer bags.
• Serve with milk or soy milk or rice milk as you would breakfast cereal.