Spicy Tuesday – Homemade Ginger Granola – Ginger

Just a little crystallized ginger provides a lot of flavor for this better-for-you granola. It adds zing and nutrition, too. Ginger is commonly used for motion sickness or an upset stomach. In fact there is one study in particular that proved that ginger was far superior to Dramamine for motion sickness!

Mace and Cardamom are two spices we don’t use often in the U.S. Mace  is the outside covering of the nutmeg, (use nutmeg if you don’t have mace on hand), and Cardamom is the resinous, strongly aromatic seed used in India, Asia and the Netherlands. Both are full of warm, spicy flavor that tastes great with ginger!

Ginger Spiced Granola

• 3 Cups Oats
• ¼ Cup Uncooked Millet
(Optional)
• ¼ Cup Sesame Seeds
• ¼  Cup Chopped Walnuts
• ¼ Cup Chopped Almonds
• 
1 ½ Tsp Cinnamon
• ¼ Tsp EACH Mace 
and Cardamom
• ¼  Cup Maple Syrup
• ¼  Cup Orange Juice
• Zest of 1 Orange
• ½ Cup Your Choice of Dried Fruit
• 2 TB Finely Chopped Crystallized Ginger

Step One

Preheat the oven to 300F. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients except dried fruit and ginger. Drizzle in the maple syrup and stir well. Add orange juice and zest, stirring so all ingredients are coated.

Step Two

Spread the mix out onto a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet and bake for about 30 minutes, stirring checking about every 10 minutes so nothing burns.

Step Three

Remove from oven, add the dried fruit and cool completely. Store in an airtight container.