Thanksgiving Breakfast – Fall Granola with Honey Cinnamon Yogurt

Thanksgiving Breakfast – Fall Granola with Honey Cinnamon Yogurt

by | Nov 17, 2015 | Breakfast

Thanksgiving breakfast is the easiest meal to skip; it is often the forgotten meal but the most important of the day. Skipping breakfast on Thanksgiving can increase your chances of overindulging or making poor food choices later in the day. Or even worse, a hurried unplanned breakfast can lead to poor sugary food choices. Our easy fall granola can be prepared prior to Thanksgiving and simply stored in a tightly sealed jar or container. To make your day easier, on Thanksgiving morning set out the granola with honey cinnamon yogurt and fresh juice so family members and overnight guests can make their own breakfast. Are you eating Thanksgiving Dinner as a guest? Take a jar to your host/hostess as a gift; you will be their hero when they wake up on Friday morning.

Ingredients:
5 cups old fashion oats (not one-minute)
2 cups sweetened coconut
1 cup pistachios, unsalted
1 cup walnuts, unsalted
1/2 cup sunflower seeds, unsalted
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, unsalted
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 cup grape seed (preferred) or canola oil
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup diced dried apple
1/2 cup diced dried apricots
1/2 cup currents
1/2 cup dried cranberries

Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together the oats, coconut, salt, and all the nuts. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the cinnamon, nutmeg, canola oil, and honey. Pour over the oats, coconut, and nut mixture and mix until all is coated. Pour onto a baking sheet lined with heavy-duty foil. Bake for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes, until the mixture is a nice even golden brown. Remove from the oven and stir in the dried fruit; cool completely. Scoop the granola into an air-tight container. Store for up to 3 weeks. Serve with the Honey Cinnamon Yogurt recipe below.

Honey Cinnamon Yogurt
2 cups Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground clove

Place all the ingredients in a bowl and whisk until combined.

Cranberry & Apple Crumble

Cranberry & Apple Crumble

by | Nov 9, 2015 | Desserts

Our Recipe blog for this Week: Apple, cranberry and orange are the perfect flavors for Thanksgiving desserts. Our aromatic recipe is created using homemade or jarred cranberry relish and fresh apples. This recipe is perfect for your Thanksgiving Day dinner or a great dessert to make after the big day with your leftover cranberry relish.

INGREDIENTS
For the filling:
2 pounds or 3 large firm apples (Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Fuji)
6 tablespoon butter
2 teaspoons grated orange zest
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups of homemade Cranberry Relish or 18 oz. jar of New England Orange Cranberry Relish, Williams Sonoma or other Quality Brand

For the topping:
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 cup toasted, chopped walnuts
1 stick cold unsalted butter, diced
Softened butter for pan

Whipped cream (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Peel and core the apples and cut them into large chunks. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the apples and sauté until they start to soften and their edges brown, about 4 minutes. Add the zests, brown sugar, cinnamon and flour. Stir until well coated. Add the cranberry relish. Stir until combined and pour in a buttered 8″x8″ baking dish.

To make the topping: Combine the flour, sugar, salt, zest, walnuts and cold butter in a bowl. Cut in the butter using a pastry cutter or two knives. Cut until large crumbles form. Sprinkle evenly over the fruit, covering the fruit completely. Place the baking dish on a parchment-lined sheet pan and bake for 50 minutes, until the top is brown and the fruit is bubbly.

Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream.