No Sugar No Oil Granola

   No Sugar No Oil Granola

INGREDIENTS

  • 120 g / ½ cup mashed ripe banana*

  • 15 g / 2 tbsp ground flax seeds or chia seeds

  • 25 g / 2 tbsp runny almond butter (or other nut / seed butter)

  • 170 g / 2 cups rolled jumbo oats (gluten-free certified if required)

  • 50 g / ½ cup chopped almonds or other nuts / seeds

  • 50 g / ½ cup chopped pecans or other nuts / seeds

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

  • ¼ tsp cardamom

  • ¼ tsp fine sea salt

  • ¼ tsp baking soda

  • OPTIONAL ADDITION: 50 g / 1¾ oz stem ginger (3 balls), diced finely or dried apricots

METHOD

  1. Preheat the oven to 130° C / 265° F fan function (or 150° C / 300° F without the fan) and line a large baking tray with a piece of baking paper.

  2. In a large bowl, mix mashed up banana, ground flax and almond butter. Stir well until well combined and set aside for 10 minutes for flax to activate.

  3. Mix in the rest of the ingredients.

  4. Spread the granola mixture on the prepared baking tray and bake for about 40 minutes. Rotate the tray and flip the granola pieces after about 20 minutes – use a spatula and be gentle if you don’t want to break up big clusters.

  5. Allow the granola to cool down (it will crisp up) before using. Store in an airtight container. Use within a week.

NOTES

*This granola has no added sugar in any form so it isn’t very sweet. If you’d rather make it sweeter, sub ¼ cup of mashed banana with maple syrup or agave or other liquid sweetener. Alternatively, sprinkle with coconut (or other) sugar.

susan wesley