Refined Sugar Free Super Seed Granola
Refined Sugar Free Super Seed Granola is a healthy granola recipe that has sweetness only from nature. Loaded with super food seeds, oats, dried fruit and quinoa, this granola will easily replace your breakfast cereal.
Servings 8 people
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut oil melted
- 2 Flax Eggs 2 tbsp. of ground flax seed mixed with 6 tbsp. of water.
- 2 Bananas ripe
- 1.5 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup Quinoa
- 2.75 cup rolled oats Gluten Free if needed
- 1/3 cup Nuts I like pecans and macadamia nuts. Slivered almonds will work too.
- 1/3 cup Raisins
- 1/4 cup Flax Seeds whole not ground
- 1/8 cup Chia Seeds
- 1/4 cup Dried Chopped Dates
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 300 degrees. To make a flax egg you mix together 1 tbsp. of ground flax seed with 3 tbsp. of water and allow it to sit. In this case we need 2 flax eggs so we are doing 2 tbsp. of ground flax seeds mixed with 6 tbsp. of water. Allow it to sit for 5 minutes. It will gel together much like an egg. You can use it as a vegan egg replacer in baking.
- Melt the coconut oil and mash the bananas. Add the coconut oil, flax eggs, cinnamon and salt to the banana mix.
- In a large bowl toss together the quinoa, oats, and nuts with the wet ingredients. Everything should be evenly coated.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Spread the granola mix out on the pan. Bake for 45 minutes tossing the mixture every 15 minutes. Watch it closely so your nuts don't burn.
- When the granola is done mix in the raisins, whole flax seeds, dates and chia seeds. Allow it to cool completely until it's nice and dry. Store in an air tight container for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
If you are gluten free be sure to use certified gluten free oats. This granola is delicious on it's own, with almond milk, or you can use it as a topper for your morning smoothie. The nutrition information is calculated for 1/3 cup which is what you'd serve with blueberries for breakfast should you eat this as a meal. 1/8-1/4 cup is more appropriate to top a smoothie or to have for a snack.
Please note that while this is a higher calorie granola this is due to a high concentration of nuts and seeds. These should be more satisfying and therefore you'll need to eat less.