What do you usually eat for breakfast? Egg? Or just fruit?
My husband eats this granola every morning and he really enjoys it.
Caramelised roasted nut granola with dried fruits.
So healthy and tasty this granola but this recipe is sugar free, gluten free and ok for vegans!
What you need for this tasty granola.
Nuts
I’m using cashews, macadamias, and almonds.
You can use any nuts you like.
Seeds
Sunflower seeds and Pepitas.
Coconut flake
You can use coconut chips.
Buckwheat Puff
You can use puffed rice if you like.
Date
Using pitted is quicker to prep.
Virgin coconut oil
Use virgin coconut oil so the smell isn’t too strong.
You can buy at Coles or Woolworths, health food shops.
Peanut butter
Use a sugar and gluten free one.
You can buy at Coles or Woolworths, healthy shops.
Mixed dried fruits
This time I used, raisins and cranberries.
You can use any you like.
Tip for making perfect granola
• When you mix dry ingredients and date paste, mix well so when you cook in the oven, your granola doesn’t get too chunky.
• Try to spread the granola out on two trays instead of one so not too crowded.
• Add mixed dried fruits AFTER COOKING GRANOLA so you don’t burn your mixed dried fruits.
• After cooking granola, break down any large chunks.
• Don’t set the oven over 100 ℃. Otherwise, your granola will burn.
Sugar free Caramelised Roasted Nut Granola
Ingredients
For dried ingredients
- 1 Cup Almonds not any flavours
- 1 Cup Cashews not any flavours
- 1 Cup Macadamia not any flavours
- ½ Cup Pepitas not any flavours
- ½ Cup Sunflower seeds not any flavours
- 2 Cups Coconut flakes
- 30 g Buckwheat or rice puffed
- 150 g Mixed dried fruit
For date paste
- 100 g Dates used pitted
- 100 g Hot water
- 100 g Peanut butter sugar or cream free and gluten free
- 80 g Virgin coconut oil
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Vanilla bean paste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 80 ℃.
For date paste
- Put dates into a bowl and add 100g of hot water soften them. (If seeds in dates, remove them)
- Meanwhile, weigh ingredients and melt coconut oil.
- Add the dates with hot water into a blender.
- Add peanut butter, coconut oil, vanilla bean paste, and salt to the blender and blend well. This will be your date paste.
For dried ingredients
- Using a large bowl, add almond, cashew nuts, macadamia nuts, pepitas, sunflower seeds, coconut flakes, and puffed buckwheat into the bowl. (Do not put dried fruits)
- Add the date paste into the bowl and mix well.
- Put the wet granola on trays. Flatten and spread evenly and removing any clumps.
- Put the granola into the oven and cook for 7-8 hours @ 80℃.
- After 7 hours, add mixed dried fruit and mix well. Break up any large clumps and let cool.
- After cooling the granola, put it in an airtight container.
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So, how would you like make your own granola so you know what exactly what is in it. Fresh granola tastes so much better than just buying it from the supermarket.
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