Banana Peanut Butter Granola

Gluten free, refined sugar free and dairy free.

A handy go to breakfast that goes perfectly with some fresh creamy yoghurt and fruit. But is also a lovely little healthy snack to pick at when feeling a little peckish.

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Ingredients:

Dry

1 1/4 cup Rolled Oats

1/2 cup Mixed Seeds

1/4 cup Ground Flaxseed (optional)

2 tsp Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Salt

Wet

1 unit Banana

1 unit Egg White (optional - this just helps get some chunkiness to it!) Or you can use 1/4 cup apple sauce.

1 tbsp Honey

1 tbsp Coconut Oil

2 tbsp Peanut Butter

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Method:

1. Preheat 140˚C and line a baking sheet with non-stick paper.

2. Combine all the dry ingredients in a medium bowl.

3. Combine all the wet ingredients in a large mixing bowl. A few chunks of banana are fine.

4. Add the dry into the wet and mix to combine. You should have a wet messy mixture.

5. Spread an even layer on the baking sheet and make rough indentations in it with your wooden spoon or spatula. You’ll be breaking the mixture up every few minutes, so these can be as rough or as neat as you like.

6. Now for the careful bit. Place your granola in the pre-heated oven and set your timer for 9 minutes.

7. When the timer goes off, take the granola out and start to break it into chunks, flip it over and give it a shake. Return to the oven and bake for another 9 minutes.

8. Take it out the oven and break up the chunks again, flipping over the granola in the pan, careful not to spill any. Return to the oven again.

9. I usually do this 4 or 5 times, until it has been approximately 35-40 minutes and the granola is golden brown but not burnt! The granola will continue to harden once you taken it out of the oven for the final time.

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Notes

For those with gluten intolerances or allergies, make sure your oats are gluten free (prepared in a gluten free environment).

You can add in nuts instead or as well as mixed seeds.

The trick here is to really keep an eye on your granola as it bakes. It will go from soft and squishy to burnt in the blink of an eye.

The number of times you’ll need to repeat the breaking up, flipping and returning to the oven will depend on how hot your oven cooks and how evenly it cooks.

If you like a really chunky granola then you can minimise your breaking and flipping.