TOASTED GRANOLA

Home-made healthy granola

Everyone LOVES a good Breakfast Granola, but we don’t so much love the nasties that are normally part of the package… vegetable oils, dried fruit etc. This one is super yummy as it’s full of coconut, pumpkin seeds, almonds and sunflower seeds! Yum! We actually made this big batch for a brunch we hosted and everyone went crazy for it…..

INGREDIENTS

400g oats
1/4 cup chopped almonds
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup of puffed grains e.g. amaranth, buckwheat, quinoa, rice
1/4 tsp Himalayan salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
1/4 cup maple syrup / or rice malt syrup/ pure honey
1 tbsp pure vanilla

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees.

2. In a large mixing bowl combine the oats, almonds, seeds, puffed grains, cinnamon and salt.

3. Stir together until evenly mixed.

4. In a small bowl combine the coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla.

5. Using a wooden spoon slowly drizzle the liquid mixture over the oats mixture, stirring as you go. Try to coat all ingredients as evenly as possible with the liquid.

6. Once thoroughly mixed, pour on to a large, wide baking tray.

7. Cook at 160 degrees for 15 minutes, removing the tray at each 5 minutes interval to stir and ensure the mix cooks evenly.

8. After 15 minutes stir in the coconut and toast for a further 5 minutes in the oven.

9. Check your mix to make sure it’s no longer sticky and all ingredients have toasted and dried.

10. Allow to cool in the tray, then transfer to an airtight container.

Yum!  For a variation on this one, try our Nutty spiced granola or for another sweet snack and anytime-of-day treat, try our Coco-nutty granola.

Anna & Em xo