Sunday, May 15, 2011

Yummy homemade granola

I love the hemp seed granola from Trader Joe's but the sugar content is ridiculous. I decided to try making my own to see if it'd turn out and it's amazing!! Cut out a LOT of the sugar and it's actually way better than the store-bought kind. I sort of just improvised so the measurements are approximate

Ingredients:
3 C nuts (I used a mixture of almonds, pepitas, sunflower, walnuts and pecans- all raw)
1/2 C shredded coconut
2 C oats
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 C raisins
1/4 C coconut oil
2 (heaping) T raw honey
2 tsp vanilla


Preheat oven to 325. Combine nuts and coconut in food processor and pulse until nuts are in very small chunks (not too long or they'll turn to powder). Mix the nut mixture together with the raisins, oats, cinnamon and salt.

In a separate bowl, combine coconut oil, honey and vanilla. Heat slightly just until melted/combined.

Combine the wet ingredients with the dry and stir until the granola mixture is well coated. Spread on parchment lined baking sheet and bake about 20 min or until golden brown (stirring every 5 min). Reduce oven to 225 and bake until granola is dried out (stirring frequently). I ended up cooking it for about 50 min total. Just watch it to make sure it doesn't burn

Enjoy!!




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