I've really been missing some granola in my life. I love Nature's Path granola (especially cinnamon raisin!) but haven't been able to find it around here. So I decided to make my own!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
- 2 tbsp almond butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup raw almonds, chopped
- 2 tbsp cacao nibs
- 1/2 cup chopped dates or dried fruit of choice
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 300. In a small bowl, whisk together the maple syrup, almond butter, coconut, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix the oats, cinnamon, almonds, and cacao nibs. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until everything is coated. Bake on a lined cookie sheet for 30 minutes, being sure to stir the granola every ten minutes. Add the chopped dates when the granola comes out of the oven. Eat it with almond milk, on your oatmeal and smoothie bowls, or just plain!
This recipe is free of refined sugars and full of flavor. The almond butter gives it a nice caramel-like flavor and the cacao nibs are soooo good roasted. Customize this recipe however you'd like - you can add more cinnamon, use a different kind of nut or nut butter, add seeds, use another kind of fruit... The possibilities are endless! Have fun!