Granola – Gluten-free, dairy-free, refined-sugar-free

This granola is BIG on flavor, texture, and nutrients!

It’s super easy to make. I keep it at home as a staple as well as packaging it up for delicious and nutritious hostess gifts!

I serve it with almond milk and top it with berries. (Others have been known to nibble it straight from the bag!)

Dry:

• 7 cups of rolled oats *Use oats marked “gluten free”  if you want this recipe to be strictly gluten-free. Oats are inherently gluten-free, however they are often milled in facilities that process wheat or rye or barely (the three grains that contain gluten). It’s this cross-contamination that can make oats a problem for those of us with gluten sensitivities.
• 1 cup chopped pecans 
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup chopped almonds
• 1 cup of almond flour (this acts as a binder for the granola – it’s not necessary, but it helps the granola clump together)
• 1⁄2 cup sesame seeds
• 1⁄2 cup sunflower seeds
• pinch of sea salt
• cinnamon as you like it

Wet:

• 1 cup natural sweetener  *Use the natural sweetener that you like best and works best for your body. I like a mix of 1⁄2 cup rice syrup and 1⁄2 cup maple syrup, which gives a gentle sweetness with a nice flavor. Honey instead of the maple syrup is lovely too, if you like that flavor more. You can use barley malt, which will give it a molasses flavor or yacon syrup, which will give it more of a caramel flavor. Barley does however contain gluten.
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/3 cup of coconut oil (melted at a very low temp)
• 1⁄2 cup of juice (look for a no sugar added, and try apple, pear, apple cider, peach. I’ve omitted this and it still works

1. Mix dry and wet together.
2. Put it on two large cookie sheets. (I like the cookie sheets with parchment paper for easy clean up)
3. Bake for 1 hour at 300 degrees. Mix it up several times during the baking. Around 1⁄2 way through baking, put the top tray on the bottom and the bottom tray on the top.
4. Let it cool and add any or all of the below:

• 1 cup raisins,
• 1 cup goji berries,
• 1 cup dried mulberries,
• 1 cup golden berries/Incan berries/cape gooseberries (all the same thing),
• 1 cup hemp seeds,
• 1 cup chia seeds

Serve with almond mild and fresh fruit. Yum!

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