Friday, January 15, 2016

my granola recipe

Several months ago I discovered this recipe in our local newspaper. I have made it about twenty times and tweeted  and changed it so that now I feel like it's my personal recipe. I eat this every morning with a little honey, sliced fresh strawberries or raspberries from SAMs  to top it off. I have been known to eat the same thing for breakfast for years, like overnight oatmeal and before that, frozen Slimfast right out of the can!

Chunky Monkey Granola
2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup coconut flakes
1/3 cup chopped peanuts
1/3 cup sunflower seeds
1/3 cup chopped pecans
3 tablespoons ground flax
2 tablespoons chia seeds
2 bananas
1 egg white
1/3 cup peanut butter
Dried cranberries and chocolate chips

Heat oven to 375 degrees and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Combine first eight ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
Use a hand mixer to combine bananas, egg white and peanut butter
Until smooth. Pour peanut butter mixture over oat mixture
And stir until incorporated. Pour mixture in even layer
on baking pan.
Bake until crisp (about 30-40 minutes), removing from oven
and stirring every 10 minutes to allow granola to brown
evenly and break up into smaller pieces. When granola
is golden and crisp, remove from oven and stir in cranberries
and chocolate chips. Store in air-tight container.



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