Paleo Granola
I ate some gluten free granola the other day and thoroughly. It was pretty clean but it did have added cane sugar and oats and I try not to do grains and we all know what sugar does. I've seen tons of paleo granola recipes but just didn't really want to bother with them in the past. Until I ate that granola and thought man that's was good. So maybe I should give paleo granola a chance. So I researched and I learned you can pretty much add whatever you want to granola. So I went to my cupboard and pulled out everything I had on regards to nuts and dried fruit and figured I would give it a shot. And let me tell you best decision EVER! It turned out so good! You can use it as a cereal with almond or coconut milk, put it on top of Greek yogurt or just much on it! Just one heads up though. It goes from done to burned very fast so at the end be watching it closely. My neighbor came over and started talking to me and I actually slightly burned mine. It was still amazing so I'll just be more aware next time. Hope you love it as much as I do!
Ingredients:
2 cup Walnuts
2 cup Almonds
1 cup Pepitas or Pumkin seeds
1/4 cup uncooked Quinoa
1/4 cup Chia seeds
5 dried Figs
1 cup dried Cranberries
1 cup unsweetened Coconut flakes
1 Tbsp Vanilla
1 Egg White
2 Tbsp Water
3 Tbsp melted Coconut oil
1/4 cup Honey
Tsp Cinnamon
Dash of Himalayan salt
In a food processor chop up your nuts not too much but just chopped. Empty into a big bowl.
Now take a small amount of your nut mixture and put it back into your processor and add your figs. Chop up until blended pretty well. The figs help add sweetness they aren't necessarily for chunks. Now add back to the big bowl. Stir in Chia Seeds, Quinoa and Cranberries and coconut flakes. Stir and mix well.
Now in a small bowl add the egg white, water and all the liquid ingredients and the cinnamon and salt. Mix well and add to your nut mixture making sure it is all coated with the liquid. It shouldn't be dripping just wet all over so add small amounts of the liquid at a time.
Now place parchment paper over a cookie sheet and spread the mixture all the way out on the sheet. Your going to cook at 275 degrees for 20 mins then use a spatula and push up under the granola to flip. Put back in oven for another 15-20 mins. Watch it closely. It should feel slightly stiff and crunchy to the touch. But it won't be completely hard to the touch.
You will take it out and let it cool. Once it has completely cooled you will use your spatula to go in a break it up. This is where it will be hard and cluster like. Add to a airtight container and there you go. Paleo Granola :)
Enjoy!
