Grain Free Granola

I’m going to leave the title simple. We’ve been teasing our granola recipe for enough time that we’re racked with guilt on having held out this long.  We just really wanted to get the site relaunch taken care of before publishing it, in order for it to be the kick-off of our new kid-friendly approach.

The good news is, since we’ve been sitting on this recipe for a while it gave us a chance to try it a few times before sharing it with you – and hopefully the result is the absolute best grain-free and refined sugar-free granola you’ve ever tasted.  If nothing else, we hope it’s good enough for your kids to dig into a big bowl as cereal with hemp, coconut or almond milk running down their chin.

Grain-Free Granola
dairy-free, wheat-free, peanut-free, soy-free, fish-free, shellfish-free, egg-free (contains tree nuts)

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 C sliced almonds
  • 1 1/2 C unsweetened coconut flakes
  • 1 C walnuts, finely chopped or pureed
  • 1 C macadamia nuts, finely chopped or pureed
  • 1 C dried cranberries
  • 1/2 C soft medjool dates
  • 1/2 C coconut oil, melted
  • 1/3 C honey
  • 2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions & How Kids Can Help

  1. ♥ Combine almonds, coconut flakes, nuts and fruit in a bowl
  2. ♥ Whisk together oil, honey and cinnamon
  3. ♥ Pour oil-honey mixture over nuts and fruit and mix, let little hands mix well
  4. ♥ Spread onto a single layer on lightly oiled baking sheet
  5. Bake for one hour at 275 degrees, stirring every 15 minutes to prevent burning

Note: All steps which include the heart symbol ( ♥) are steps your children can do with you!

A small note: You can interchange ingredients as you’d like, but keep in mind the more sugar you add, the more likely it is that it will burn! ALWAYS check in on this recipe and pull it out early if it starts to get too brown!

This recipe makes a hefty batch that you can store in your pantry for quite a while.  It is wonderful to eat loose by the handful or as part of a trail mix; but our boys love it by the bowl full with a handful of berries.  Once you’ve made a batch, feel free to play with the nuts to include your own favorites – just make sure to always keep sliced almonds and coconut flakes as the base.  Our kids particularly love the cranberry and dates combination but we’ve used raisin and chopped apricots with good luck too.

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