spiced maple nut granola

Homemade granola is more than just a breakfast cereal, so let’s get creative and think outside the cereal box. Whipping up a batch of Spiced Maple Nut Granola will fill your home with a warm, spiced scent — and fill your belly with a nutritious snack.

This recipe makes a slightly sweet and low-fat granola which can be prepared gluten-free (using gluten-free oats) or vegan (substitute honey with brown sugar and butter with coconut oil). Plus, you can get a batch into the oven in under ten minutes.

Uses for Spiced Maple Nut Granola

• Add to the batter of pumpkin or zucchini bread, muffins or pancakes.
• Top a bowl of ice cream with granola and fresh fruit.
• Enjoy a warm bowl of granola by adding steamed milk, a drizzle of honey and fresh fruit.
• Make your own trail mix by adding extra nuts, dried fruits or chocolate morsels.
• Sprinkle some on a mixed greens salad.
• Blend into a smoothies for extra flavor or sprinkle on top as a crunchy treat.

Spiced Maple Nut Granola

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

45 mins

Total time

55 mins

 

Do not bake the granola until it is crunchy; it becomes crunchy as it cools. Try a blend of raw nuts; pecans, walnuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds all work well. Don’t stop with nuts -- try adding chia seeds or hemp hearts too. Apple schnitz would be great in this granola but use what dried fruit is on hand.

: phoebe's pure food

: breakfast, snack, healthy

Cuisine: vega, clean eating, healthy

Serves: 6 cups

Ingredients

• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup pecan halves
• 1 cup walnut pieces or cashew halves
• ½ cup maple syrup
• 6 tablespoons apple, peach or pumpkin butter, or applesauce
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil or butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅛ teaspoon ground clove
• 1 cup coconut flakes (sweetened or unsweetened)
• 1 cup dried fruit

Instructions

1. Combine the rolled oats and nuts in a large mixing bowl and set aside.
2. Combine the maple syrup, fruit butter, oil, honey, vanilla, almond extract, spices and salt in a small bowl; mix until smooth. Add the maple syrup mixture to the rolled oats. Stir until the dry ingredients are evenly coated.
3. Spread the granola on a 13 x 18-inch sheet pan, lined with parchment paper.
4. Bake in a preheated 250ºF oven for 45 minutes, stirring after 20 minutes. At 45 minutes, add the coconut flakes and dried fruit. Bake for an additional 15 minutes.
5. Remove from the oven and cool completely before storing in a tightly sealing jar.

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