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Homemade Crunchy Granola Recipe (Naturally Sweetened)
Granola is the perfect pantry staple for a busy family. It works on top of yogurt, smoothie bowls, or all by itself. Many store-bought brands contain artificial sweeteners or additives, so we make our own healthy, naturally-sweetened homemade crunchy granola!
Original recipe: inthekidskitchen.com
- Yield:
- 3 servings
- Prep:
- 10 min
- Cook:
- 22 min
- Total:
- 32 min
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Ingredients
- 1 cup large, toasted coconut shavings
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
- 3/4 regular oats
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/8 cup smooth almond butter
- 1/4 coconut oil (measured solid)
- 1 tbs raw honey
- 1/4 cup syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
- In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients and mix.
- In a small pot combine the wet ingredients and heat on low (if you place the stove too hot the almond butter will burn).
- Whisk frequently until all wet ingredients are combined.
- Pour the wet mixture into the bowl of dry and mix well until everything is coated and semi sticky- try not to eat it all here!.
- Line a pan with parchment paper and spread granola mixture evenly over the pan. Try to keep the granola together and not spread apart but keep the layer thin.
- Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from the over and stir placing the granola back into a single layer.
- Bake another 10-12 minutes keeping watch carefully in the last two minutes. You want the granola to be just starting to brown. Any longer and it will burn.
- Remove the pan from the oven and let sit on the counter for one hour.
- The granola will harden as it sits.
- After an hour, break granola apart as much as preferred and store in mason jars in the fridge.