Salty's Seafood Restaurant Recipes

Tropical Granola

By Pastry Chef Darla Swanson, Portland Pastry Chef since 1999

With this dessert, you can improvise by using any nuts or seeds you like, and different flavored oils, citrus zest, etc. I love to layer this in a glass with vanilla yogurt, pineapple, banana and fresh berries.

Stir the following ingredients together in a large bowl:

1 cup Whole Oats
½ cup Sunflower Seeds
¾ cup Coconut
¼ cup Macadamia Nuts
¼ cup Cashews, chopped
2 tablespoons Wheat Germ

Then warm the following ingredients in a saucepan and pour over the ingredients in the bowl.

¼ cup honey
3 tablespoons Oil
1 tablespoon Butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Stir thoroughly and spread out onto an oiled sheet pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 13-18 minutes. Stir and bake until golden. Let cool on the pan. Break pieces and store in an air-tight container. This will keep fresh for several weeks.
(Darla Swanson is a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute in Vermont.)