My Go-To Granola
This granola is on heavy repeat in our house. It’s super easy to make and adjust to fit your needs and tastes. Want to add oats? Go for it. Want to use different nuts and seeds? You do you, boo.
My favorite way to enjoy this granola is with yogurt, fresh fruit and some bee pollen. I love being able to use different fruit all year long like berries, banana, figs or anything else I find at the farmers market. It all works.
Hot tips:
I like mixing a little goat kefir into my yogurt for an added probiotic.
I always mix a scoop of my favorite collagen peptides into yogurt for more protein.
Lately, I’ve been mixing in some homemade applesauce (pectin is great for gut health, so keep the skins on!) or some local, no spray, low sugar jelly to sweeten plain yogurt a bit. This is a great snack on it’s own but makes an even yummier base for this granola.
Ingredients
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
3/4 cup walnuts
3/4 cup pecans
1/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut flakes
3 Tbsp flax meal
3 Tbsp hemp seeds
1 tsp ceylon cinnamon
1 Tbsp arrowroot starch
Pinch of sea salt
1/3 cup melted coconut oil
2 Tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325°F
Pulse nuts and seeds in a food processor. You can chop them by hand if you don’t have a food processor.
In a large bowl, mix together the nuts, seeds, coconut, flax, hemp, cinnamon, arrowroot and salt
Melt the coconut oil (I like to use a small glass bowl in the microwave), then stir in maple syrup and vanilla
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix everything together so it’s all coated with the oil mixture
Spread out on parchment lined baking sheet
Bake for 15 minutes
Let cool for 10 minutes, then add the baking sheet to the freezer for at least 30 minutes to harden (I’ve forgotten it in the freezer overnight more than once and it’s still all good!)
Break into chunks and store in a glass container or jar in the fridge
*Make sure the baking sheet you use will fit in your freezer!
Feel free to adjust how chunky you want your nuts and seeds. Sometimes I pulse them more than this.
Dry ingredients
Wet ingredients. I love this glass Pyrex measuring bowl. Super easy to microwave the coconut oil in.
This is the effect freezing that has!!! You end up with the best chunks once the coconut oil hardens.
About Kyle
Kyle Maiorana is a functional medicine Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and real food advocate who takes a whole-person, root-cause, evidence-based approach to wellness. She works with clients to eliminate gut symptoms for good.
