High Protein Granola Recipe
Know what you eat with your own selection of nuts, seeds and ouats for a perfect breakfast granola. It's crunchy, nutty with no nasties.
Ingredients
- 60 g extra virgin coconut oil
- cup 80ml maple syrup
- 500 g rolled oatsPost
- ½ cup 70g whole almonds
- ¾ cup 60g shredded or desiccated coconut
- ½ cup dried apricots chopped
- ½ cup raisins
- ½ cup 100g pumpkin seed kernels (pepitas)
- ½ cup 100g sunflower seeds
- ¼ cup sesame seeds
- 1 tsp. vanilla paste or essence
- ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- Vegan milk or yoghurt to serve
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C (320°F).
- Place the coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla and cinnamon in a small saucepan over low heat and stir until the oil is melted. If the oil is liquid at room temperature then no need to heat, simply mix these ingredients.
- Place the oats, almonds, pepitas, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and coconut in a large bowl.
- Pour over the coconut oil mixture and toss well to combine.
- Spread evenly over the base of a baking dish and bake for 10 minutes.
- Stir and bake for a further 5−10 minutes or until crisp and golden.
- Stir through the apricots and raisins and allow to cool.
- Serve with vegan milk or yoghurt and fresh fruit.