Spiced Apple and Blackcurrant Granola

Autumn brings a new, seasonal flavour to the granola menu…Spiced Apple and Blackcurrant Granola.

This is a fabulously fruity, seasonal granola that is handmade with pure Scottish wholegrain jumbo oats, sweetened with honey, gently spiced with ground cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and coriander seed, and slowly toasted to a deliciously autumnal crunch. Freeze dried apple pieces add natural sweetness and freeze dried blackcurrants add a characteristic tartness to the granola.

Freeze dried apple pieces and freeze dried blackcurrants from Podberry of Coupar Angus

Of course, there was a bit of a development process to this granola (like all the others). I wanted to mix stewed apples and warm honey into the jumbo oats and bake it all to lovely, apple-y crunch. But what I ended up with was a slightly soggy, apple crumble mess. Thankfully, the perfect antidote to this is to use dried apple and, in particular, freeze dried apple pieces from Podberry of Coupar Angus in Perthshire. They also freeze dry blackcurrants. I had to pair them up in this granola, which was then crying out for some warming autumnal spices.

In terms of flavour, the freeze dried apple pieces add a natural sweetness and the freeze dried blackcurrants add a characteristic tartness to the granola. I was surprised at how tart the blackcurrants are (forgetting that I was eating fruit, not jam!), but I do like them in their unsweetened, natural state. I think the honey in the granola provides enough sweetness overall, but if the tartness of the blackcurrants is too much, feel free to add your own sweetener.

If you fancy giving Spiced Apple and Blackcurrant Granola a try, it's available in 300g bags (smaller than the 400g bags I normally use), priced at £5 per bag from the online shop.

Enjoy this granola for breakfast with milk, natural yoghurt and stewed apples.

300g bag of Spiced Apple and Blackcurrant Granola. No special, coloured label as yet, but a special, autumnal taste for you inside!