Do you like Lotus Biscoff cookies as much as I do? Then you'll love this delicious granola! The combination of dried fruit with Christmassy spices, honey, rolled oats, and Biscoff cookies are just a hit! I flavored this granola especially for Christmas and used a Christmas spice blend here. But of course, feel free to use a spice blend of your choice. Cinnamon should be used in this recipe in any case, as it pairs perfectly with the Biscoff cookies. Aside from the sugar in the Biscoff cookies, no additional sugar is added to this recipe. My family members, who play the first taster for all my creations, were delighted with this granola. I was allowed to prepare this wonderful granola for them several times. This homemade Biscoff Granola was most famous as a breakfast cereal, with yogurt or milk, and as a small evening snack.
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🥘 Ingredients
- 5.29 oz (150 g) Honey
- 3.17 oz (90 g) Lotus Biscoff Cookies
- 1 teaspoon Christmas spice blend
- 7.05 oz (200 g) rolled oats
- 1.76 oz (50 g) Almond Slivers
- 2.11 oz (60 g) dried fruit to taste (I used cranberries, raisins, and goji berries in this recipe. 0.7 oz (20 g) each).
What are goji berries?
Goji, goji berry, or wolfberry (Chinese: 枸杞; pinyin: gǒuqǐ), is the fruit of either Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense, two closely related species of boxthorn in the nightshade family, Solanaceae.L. barbarum and L. chinense fruits are similar but can be distinguished by differences in taste and sugar content.
Both species are native to Asia, and have been long used in traditional Asian cuisine.
The fruit has also been an ingredient in traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese medicine, since at least the 3rd century AD. The plant parts are called by the Latin names lycii fructus (fruit), herba lycii (leaves), etc., in modern official pharmacopeias.
Since about 2000, goji berry and derived products became common in developed countries as health foods or alternative medicine remedies, extending from exaggerated and unproven claims about their health benefits.
Source: Wikipedia
🧂 Seasoning
If you're going to stick with Christmas seasoning, I have a few tips for you:
- Speculoos flavor, use cinnamon, cloves, allspice, cardamom, anise, star anise, nutmeg.
- Mulled wine flavor, use cinnamon, orange peel abrasion, cloves, star anise, vanilla pod.
- Gingerbread flavor, use cinnamon, lemon peel abrasion, cardamom, star anise, cloves, pepper, nutmeg.
🍽 Equipment
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Saucepan
- Food processor
- Wooden Spoon
🔪 Instructions
First things first: Preheat the oven to 356 °F / 180°C top/bottom heat. Cover a baking tray with baking paper and set it aside. Finely grind the Biscoff cookies in a food processor and set them aside.
To liquefy the honey, heat it in a saucepan over medium heat while stirring.
Add the finely ground Biscoff cookies and Christmas spices to the warm, liquid honey and stir in the remaining dry ingredients (rolled oats, almond slivers, and dried fruit). Mix all ingredients well together with the honey.
Once all the ingredients are well combined, spread the honey mixture evenly on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes on the middle rack. Remove and leave it to cool.
Granola will not be crunchy until it cools! So don't be surprised if it doesn't have the familiar consistency right after baking.
Once the granola has cooled, break it apart and store the loose granola in an air-tight container.
So easy to make, isn't it? In just 25 minutes, you've made yourself scrumptious homemade granola, ready for a perfect breakfast! Yey!
Enjoy your homemade crispy cereal granola!
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📖 Recipe
Easy Biscoff Granola Recipe
Equipment
- Baking sheet
- Saucepan
- Wooden spoon
Ingredients
- 150 g Honey
- 90 g Lotus Biscoff Cookies
- 200 g Rolled Oats
- 50 g Almond Slivers
- 20 g Cranberries
- 20 g Raisins
- 20 g Goji berries
- 1 teaspoon Christmas spice blend
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 356 °F / 180°C top/bottom heat.
- Cover a baking tray with baking paper and set it aside.
- Finely grind the Biscoff cookies and set aside.
- To liquefy the honey, heat it in a saucepan over medium heat while stirring.
- Add the finely ground Biscoff cookies and Christmas spices to the honey and stir in the remaining dry ingredients.
- Mix all ingredients well together with the honey.
- Spread the honey mixture evenly on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes on the middle rack
- Remove and leave it to cool.
- Once the granola has cooled, break it apart and store the loose granola in an air-tight container.
Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data.
📖 Variations
As already mentioned, this granola can also be adapted very well to any other season. The trick here lies in the dried fruits.
While apples, raisins, and cranberries remind you of Christmas🎄, so you can achieve the perfect summer☀️granola with dried passion fruit, coconut chips, and strawberries. To make it autumnal 🍂: plums, pumpkin seeds, and red currants.
💭 Top tip
This granola is also excellent as a small hostess gift or small gift for granola lovers! Buy a nice preserving jar and fill it with homemade granola. Wrap a suitable ribbon around it, add a pretty tag, and voila: A personal, handmade present is ready to give away!
⛑ Food Safety
- Cook to a minimum temperature of 165 °F (74 °C)
- Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
- Wash hands after touching raw meat
- Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
- Never leave cooking food unattended
- Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
- Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
See more guidelines at USDA.gov.
Colette
Christmas will be merrier when I eat on Christmas morning! I love how easy it is to make it.
Thanks for the recipe!
Nora
Thank you for the lovely feedback! 🙂
Sue
A perfect breakfast for Christmas or any other morning. Thank you!
Nora
Thank you, Sue! Have a great start to the day, enjoying your homemade granola! 🙂
Jean
love this new breakfast morning idea, bursting with flavors. Cant wait to make it.
Nora
Thank you, Jean! Enjoy it! 🙂
Cindy Mom the Lunch Lady
I love this idea! Next time I pick up some biscoff cookies, I will try this recipe.
Nora
I'm glad to hear it! Please tell me how the granola turned out!
Addie
Such a unique and delicious granola recipe!
Nora
Thank you, Addie!
Michelle @ Taste As You Go
I love, love, love biscoff cookies and this granola is such a delicious way to enjoy them! You know... that doesn't involve just eating them all straight out of the package. 😉
Nora
Hehe, yes, that's always the struggle when baking with biscoff cookies! 😀 So always better buy several packs of cookies. Then there should be something left! 😀
Natalie
Lovely Christmas morning granola. What a great idea! I'm making this for sure. Yum!
Elizabeth
This recipe looks so perfect for Christmas. It’s got me feeling all festive already!
Addison
So crispy and crunchy and delicious!
Christina's Bread Bakes
Lovely flavors in this recipe! Quick story about Biscoff cookies, the first time my family tried them was when they gave them as a side to our coffee & hot cocoa on the Eurostar train between London & Paris. My son was three, and they became known simply as Eurostar cookies! Great memory.
Nora
Thank you very much! I love your anecdote! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
zen of greedygirlgourmet
Thanks for sharing this! I've been planning my Christmas cooks and bakes, so this is just in time! 🙂
Nora
Thank you! I'm happy you like it!
Julia
This recipe is just genius. I love the flavour of Biscoff so to sneak it into granola is wonderful. I've made some this afternoon following your instructions. Thank you.
Nora
Thank you, Julia! That's wonderful to hear!
Crystal V
I am loving this recipe and the Christmas spices are just perfect. Thanks so much!
Nora
Thank you so much!
Hollie
I love granola but this recipe takes it to a whole new level! Thank you!
Nora
Thank you so much, Hollie!
Rosanna
This was super tasty! Love it with yogurt, stewed apple and a bit of extra sprinkles cinnamon in the morning. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Nora
Yum! This combination sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Giangi Townsend
This recipe not only is perfect for Christmas but all year around. Looks so good, I cannot wait to make it for my family.
Thank you for sharing!
Nora
Thank you! I am so happy to hear that!
Kayla DiMaggio
This granola recipe is so delicious! I love all the flavors!
Nora
Thank you, Kayla!
Nat
That granola is delicious. Tasty, easy to make, and festive. Thanks for the recipe!
Nora
Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
Gina Abernathy
Love granola! I believe I would like to try the mulled wine flavoring. So healthy and fast to make.
Nora
I'm so happy you like it!
Julia Y
This granola is perfect for the colder mornings of winter when you need something to keep you feeling full for a while. Love the Biscoff flavours in this.
Nora
Thank you, Julia!
Mihaela | https://theworldisanoyster.com/
This is a lovely breakfast for any morning! Thanks for the recipe and instructions:)