Chai Granola

Enjoy the flavors of chai?  Enjoy them in Chai Granola, too!  Cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, ginger, and cardamom bring the rich flavor of chai to this breakfast treat.

Would you like a cup of chai?  Not chai tea, though ... Chai granola!

We've been on quite a granola kick at our house lately.  (Cases in point ... Granola {Oven & Microwave Methods}, Peanut Butter Granola, and Honey-Vanilla Granola.)  Mark now eats a big bowl of my homemade granola every morning for breakfast, and another after dinner as his evening snack.  This means that making him a humongous batch every Sunday has become one of my newest hobbies.  Even with this extra large batch, he's usually out of granola by Friday!

He's got me developing new flavors, too.  Which is so much fun.  As you probably already know if you stop by The Kitchen is My Playground pretty often, I absolutely love to play around with new flavor combinations, tinkering with this and that in a recipe as I go.

Well, one of my new flavors ... and my totally-without-a-doubt-absolute-favorite so far ... is this delicious Chai Granola.  I love, love, love me some chai.  And this Chai Granola creation does not disappoint.  The fabulous chai flavor combination of vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and cardamom definitely comes through.  (Mark's favorite? ... my recently-created Mocha Granola.)

I tinkered with the spices in this recipe several times before I was satisfied.  I like my chai pretty strong ... so tinker to your liking if the spice amounts aren't quite right for you.  I also considered several kinds of dried fruit for this.  And what did I choose as the best option for my favorite chai granola, you ask?  Well ... dates!  Chopped dates are an amazing compliment to the chai flavors, really making for a rich and flavorful Chai Granola breakfast (or snack) treat.

So go on, sit down with a cup of chai ... granola.  It's sooooo good.

Check out these other super tasty granola recipes:

• Homemade Granola Made in the Oven or Microwave
• Honey-Vanilla Granola
• Mocha Granola
• Peanut Butter Granola
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bites
• More breakfast bread & muffin recipes

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American

Yield: about 5 cups

Author: Tracey | The Kitchen is My Playground

Chai Granola

Enjoy the flavors of chai? Enjoy them in Chai Granola, too! Cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, ginger, and cardamom bring the rich flavor of chai to this breakfast treat.

Prep time: 15 MCook time: 30 MTotal time: 45 M

Ingredients:

• 3 c. old-fashioned oats
• 1/2 c. sliced almonds
• 1/2 c. chopped walnuts
• 1/3 c. unsalted sunflower seeds
• 1/4 c. wheat germ
• 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. ground cardamom
• 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1/2 c. honey
• 1/3 c. canola oil (or coconut oil, or melted butter)
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 c. chopped dates

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, combine oats, almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds, and wheat germ. Stir in cinnamon, salt, cardamom, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, and black pepper.
2. Place honey, oil, and vanilla in a small bowl; stir to combine. 
3. Pour honey mixture over oat mixture; mix together until oats are evenly coated with the honey mixture. 
4. Spread granola mixture onto a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Bake at 300 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes, stirring about every 10 minutes.
5. Remove from oven and stir in chopped dates. 
6. Let cool completely. Store tightly covered.

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Enjoy these other delicious granola flavors from The Kitchen is My Playground ...

Traditional Granola {in the oven or microwave}

Mocha Granola

Peanut Butter Granola

Honey-Vanilla Granola