How to make the CRUNCHIEST Honey Baked Granola | Darren Purchese's Easy Recipe

Add honey into a saucepan.

Add butter into the saucepan with honey.

Heat the honey and butter on the stove without bringing to a boil until melted and mixed.

Coarsely chop almonds and set aside.

Coarsely chop walnuts and set aside.

In a large bowl, add rolled oats.

Add puffed quinoa to the bowl with oats.

Add chopped almonds and walnuts to the bowl.

Add pumpkin seeds to the bowl.

Add sunflower seeds to the bowl.

Add cocoa nibs to the bowl.

Add sesame seeds to the bowl.

Add a pinch of salt to the bowl.

Add ground cinnamon and ground ginger to the bowl.

Mix all dry ingredients together to ensure even distribution and remove lumps.

Prepare two standard oven trays by lightly spraying with grease and lining with paper.

Pour the cooled honey and butter mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well with a spatula.

Distribute the mixture evenly between the two trays by eye.

Press the mixture down firmly but not too hard to maintain chunks.

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Bake the trays for 12 minutes.

Rotate the trays for even baking and bake for an additional 8 minutes.

Remove from the oven and let cool.

In a bowl, add flaked coconut, dried cranberries, currants, raisins, and freeze-dried raspberries and mix together.

Break the cooled granola into large chunks in a bowl.

Gently mix in the dried fruit with the granola, keeping chunks intact.

Store the granola in a jar with a screw top lid or in the freezer for freshness.

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