by now i rarely ever buy muesli, instead i prefer making my own Granola. one of my earlier childhood memories (besides lying on the couch drinking cocoa from a bottle) is the sport muesli from gittis. my mum always made it in a cup with milk. my favorite part were the soaked oats at the bottom of the cup. this evokes a very distinct taste memory. meanwhile this muesli mixture as it was in my childhood is off the market, so i have to live off my memories

most mueslis have so much stuff in it that i don’t like and also sugar and other additives that aren’t entirely necessary. that’s why i was thrilled when mymuesli opened up shop. i used to order there for quite some years and still do from time to time, especially my Chocolate crunchy muesli which is more of a treat with chocolate peanuts than a proper breakfast. but still nothing beats a homemade granola. i started with this nut coconut granola and at some point i thought: this could be made chocolaty as well. so this version was born. of course you can add whatever you want to the mix: other nuts, substitute coconut chips for coconut flakes or leave them out allthogether, use a different flake base, add sesame… to glue everything together you just need the combination of sugar, honey, syrup, oil and juice (but even here you can substitute maple syrup with honey or whatever you fancy), other than that just switch and add to your liking.

i love eating this Chocolate Granola with raspberries and greek yoghurt.

ingredients

• 500 g flakes (mixed flakes, oats, spelt flakes,…)
• 100 ml neutral oil
• 100 ml apple juice
• 50 ml maple syrup
• 70 ml honey
• 50 g brown sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, cut lenghtwise and seeds scraped out
• 100 g almond pieces
• 100 g chopped pecans
• 70 g desiccated coconut
• 5 tbsp good cocoa powder

preheat oven to 170°

mix oil, juice, syrup, honey sugar, vanilla seeds and bean in a pot and bring slowely to simmer. then remove from oven and remove vanilla bean (rinse, dry and maybe make some homemade vanilla sugar with it)

mix other ingredients in a big bowl, pour oil/juice mixture on top and thoroughly mix together. spread granola on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake in hot oven for 20 – 30 min. stir once in a while. depending on your oven it takes shorter or longer, but be careful not to burn it. the granola hardens once it cools down, so don’t be irritated if it is still soft beforehand. when the chocolate granola is completely cooled down, transfer into an airtight container. keeps for a couple of weeks.

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