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Matzo Granola With Walnuts and Coconut

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Matzo granola in bowls with strawberries and blueberries.
Photo by Sang An

Breakfast can be tough going during Passover. With toast, bagels, cereal, waffles, muffins, oatmeal, and pretty much every other starchy breakfast staple off the menu, the options are seriously limited. Enter this matzo granola. The crumbled matzo that replaces the typical rolled oats gets toasty and crisp in the oven, and is then tossed with chopped walnuts, shredded coconut, and raisins. I won’t promise that it will become your new year-round breakfast. (Very little can compare with a perfect stack of pancakes.) But I can promise that it will make Passover infinitely sweeter.

This recipe was excerpted from 'Modern Jewish Cooking' by Leah Koenig. Buy the full book on Amazon. For more Passover breakfast ideas, click here

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 6

Ingredients

¼ cup vegetable oil
⅓ cup honey
3 Tbsp. pure maple syrup
1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
½ tsp. kosher salt
5 sheets matzo, crumbled into ½-in pieces
1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
½ cup coarsely shredded unsweetened coconut
⅔ cup black raisins

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

    Step 2

    Whisk together the vegetable oil, honey, maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. Add the matzo and stir to completely coat.

    Step 3

    Spread the granola on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Add the walnuts and coconut and stir to combine. Bake, stirring once, until the matzo browns and the walnuts and coconut are toasted, 10 to 12 minutes more. (The mixture will look wet; don’t worry, it will crisp up as it cools.)

    Step 4

    Remove the baking sheet from the oven and immediately transfer the granola to a large heat-safe bowl. Stir in the raisins. Let cool completely, stirring occasionally to break up any large clumps. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

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Reprinted from Modern Jewish Cooking: Recipes & Customs for Today’s Kitchen by Leah Koenig, with permission by Chronicle Books, 2015. Photographs © Sang An. Buy the full book from Amazon or Chronicle Books.
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