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Cakes & Bakes: Healthy nutty granola

Bowl of home-made healthy nutty granola

I have a guilty pleasure; almost every, single night I have a small bowl of granola! I go through so much of the stuff that I thought I should try making my own healthy nutty granola.

Small glass bowls of coconut oil and honey

Another reason that I wanted to prepare my own is that I know exactly what would be going into it. In general, shop-bought granola is full of sugar, palm oil and all sorts of additives and preservatives. It’s probably cheaper to make my own, as well; I usually have all the necessary ingredients in the cupboard anyway.

Sprinkling dessicated coconut on tray of granola

Using a base of oats, you can add any combo of nuts, seeds and/or dried fruit. For my first attempt, I used chopped cashews, chopped almonds, hemp seeds, chia seeds, poppy seeds and cacao nibs.

Healthy nutty granola in a large glass jar

Likewise, other great additions would be dried fruit such as raisins, sultanas, cranberries, goji berries, roughly chopped apricots, figs, mango and/or apple rings.

Bowl of healthy nutty granola and soya milk

For sweetness, I used honey and dessicated coconut; you could substitute maple syrup for the former to make it a vegan option. The coconut oil is added to help it clump together to form tasty clusters.

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Healthy nutty granola
Cook Time
30 min
Cook Time
30 min
Ingredients
  1. 250g oats
  2. 75g chopped cashews
  3. 50g chopped almonds
  4. 25g hemp seeds
  5. 25g chia seeds
  6. 25g poppy seeds
  7. 25g cacao nibs
  8. ½tsp ground cinnamon
  9. 150g honey
  10. 75g coconut oil
  11. 25g dessicated coconutHome-made healthy nutty granola ingredients
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Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 150ºC/300ºF/Gas mark 2
  2. Combine all the dry ingredients except for the dessicated coconut
  3. Warm/melt the honey and coconut oil (a couple of 10-second bursts in the microwave should do it) and stir together
  4. Pour the honey/coconut oil liquid over the dry mixture and combine
  5. Lay the mixture out evenly on to a large baking sheet or two smaller ones
  6. Cook for 20 minutes, mixing and tossing after 10 minutes to ensure even browning
  7. Sprinkle over the dessicated coconut and cook for a further 10 minutes
  8. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet(s). If you like a chunky granola, press the mixture down using the back of a serving spoon - break it up after it has completely cooled
  9. Once completely cool, decant the granola into an airtight, lidded container
Vegan option
  1. Swap the honey for maple syrup
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