I don't know about you but I love granola! Whether I am adding it as a sprinkle on top of my smoothie, into some yogurt or snacking on it during the day - I love granola! But I stopped eating it for a while when I realised how bad the store bought packs were for you. They are loaded with sugar, sodium, fat (not the good kind) etc. I eventually started trying to make my own and tried out different recipes that inspired me and altered them to suit my own taste buds - which is what I am presenting to you today!
I have another obsession... Peanut Butter! This is also something that I haven't had in such a long time until I found one at Woolworths that only contained organic peanuts - YAY! I ended up being the clever girl that I am (lol) and combined two of my favourite things - granola and peanut butter!! It can't get better than this right?!
One of my favourite recipes is the Fit Mitten Kitchen granola recipe because it is easy to make and when made right, you get little clusters of deliciousness! I decided to put my twist on this classic and added in a PB element and adjusted the quantities a bit to suit our taste buds. The result? Well let's put it this way, it hardly ever keeps for more than 3 days haha
So if you are like me and love granola and PB then give this a try! You can lessen the amount of honey if you don't want it to be too sweet (it also depends on what PB you are using).
Ps. This granola only contains real, good-for-you ingredients but it does still contain a lot of energy, so I usually only have about 20g per serving but then again, on other days I double the amount ;)
Ingredients
2 Tbsp chia seeds + 6 Tbsp water
2.5 cups gluten free rolled oats
80g quick oats (I just blend my rolled oats a bit to make them smaller)
Optional: 1/3 cup buckwheat
2 tsp cinnamon
80g organic peanut butter
113 grams raw honey
3 Tbsp coconut oil
1 tsp sea salt
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 150" C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Add the chia seeds and water to a small container and mix until combined. Leave aside.
3. Blend the 80g oats until they are smaller and resemble "quick oats".
4. Combine the oats, quick oats, buckwheat, cinnamon and salt in a bowl and mix.
5. Add the peanut butter, honey and coconut oil into a separate bowl and mix until combined.
6. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix with a spoon until everything combined. You want it to be very sticky.
7. Lastly, add the chia seeds and mix everything up again. DON'T break up the chunks!
8. Carefully, add the mixture of granola onto the baking tray. Try not to flatten it too much as this will allow clusters to form.
9. Bake in the oven for 15 mins. Take it out and carefully try to "flip" over (again you don't want to break the clusters up).
10. Bake for another 10 minutes or until golden.
11. Remove and allow to cool.
12. Enjoy over your smoothies, yoghurt or on its own as a snack :)
Ps. Granola also makes an amazing gift!! Just fill a console jar with this stuff and you are ready to go!
*This recipe is not my own and has been adjusted/inspired from Fit Mitten Kitchen
