Granola can be eaten for breakfast or as a snack. As commercial varieties are loaded with sugar and oil, I created my own version that is guilt-free and delicious.
Health Benefits – low sugar, soy free
Prep: 10 Minutes | Servings: 8
Ingredients
8 cups rolled oats
½-¾ cup cacao powder
1 tsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp chopped walnuts
2 Tbsp sliced almonds (optional)
Dried fruit – unsweetened cherries, raisins
1 cup freeze dried fruit – strawberries, mango, and/or banana (optional)
Wet Ingredients
2 ripe bananas or 2 cups of mango
1 cup pitted dates
½ cup water
1 tsp vanilla
Method
- Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl (EXCEPT for the freeze dried fruit).
- Blend the wet ingredients in a blender.
- Add the blended wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
- Mix well and spread on a cookie sheet.
- Bake at 170 degrees F overnight (about 8 hours).
- Turn oven off and leave pans in oven to completely dry and cool.
- Break up any big chunks of granola.
- Add the granola to a bowl and mix in the freeze dried fruit.
- Store in an airtight container.
Recipe has been graciously provided T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies
Created on 23 Aug, 2022.
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