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Maple Blueberry Granola

Prep10 min
Cook40 min
Total1 hr (incl. cooling)
YieldAbout 6 cups
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

  • 4 cupsold-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 cupsliced almonds or chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cupunsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1/2 tspfine salt
  • 1 tspground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cupmaple syrup
  • 1/3 cupneutral oil or melted coconut oil
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 1 cupdried blueberries

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment.
  2. Toss oats, nuts, coconut, salt, and cinnamon in a large bowl.
  3. Pour in maple syrup, oil, and vanilla. Stir until every oat looks coated and slightly glossy.
  4. Spread onto the sheet and press the mixture down firmly with a spatula — compacting it is what creates clusters.
  5. Bake 35–40 minutes, rotating the pan once at the halfway point. Do not stir.
  6. Cool completely on the pan without touching it, at least 30 minutes. It crisps as it cools.
  7. Break into clusters and toss with the dried blueberries. Store airtight for 3 weeks.

Notes

  • Dried berries go in after baking. Fresh or dried berries baked into granola turn into hard black specks.
  • Stirring during baking is the #1 cluster killer. Leave it alone.
A 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberriesA 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberries