I love making granola.
It is easy. Mix dry ingredients, mix wet ingredients, add to dry, mix, spread on baking sheet, bake and add mix-ins. And there are so many different flavors you can make! I still have lots of yummy ideas ;-).
I didn’t even like granola that much before making it. Store-bought granola is kind of boring; often the same thing. Just oats, lots and lots of sweetener and some nuts & dried fruit. Nothing special.
This granola is far from boring. It has a LOT of flavor. If you like eating peanut butter by the spoonful, this granola it definitely for you!
Adaptation of Peanut Butter Granola, Nourishing Eats
Ingredients:
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup brown rice crisp cereal
- 1/4 cup wheat germ
- 2 tbsp flax seeds, grounded
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup natural crunchy peanut butter
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp blackstrap molasses
- 1/2 cup honey
- 4 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 1/4 cup dried banana slices, broken into quarters
- 1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate (I used 85%)
Directions: Preheat oven to 325°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine oats, brown rice cereal, wheat germ, grounded flax seeds, sesame seeds and salt.
Add peanut butter, vanilla, molasses, honey and coconut oil in a small saucepan and place over medium-low heat. Stir until melted and well combined. Pour over dry ingredients and toss until well coated.
Spread on the baking sheet and bake on the middle rack for 20-30 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes until golden. Let cool on the baking sheet. It will stiffen up while it cools.
Transfer to a bowl and add dried bananas and chopped chocolate. Store in an air-tight container.
Makes approximately 6 cups of granola.
This granola is clumpy and crunchy. The banana is perfect in this granola; no need to explain, it’s PB and banana!
It has a strong taste but you can adapt with the honey you are using. I use a raspberry honey, which has a stronger taste than most regular honeys found at the supermarket.
Have a great weekend!
You've reminded me that I promised to make granola this weekend! I think I'm going to have to make two batches now so I can add some of these goodies into the mix!
This sounds delicious! PB, banana and chocolate go so well together…lovely granola :)!
mmmmmm YUMMY! You've got all the right ingredients in this granola… great job, Charlie!
Wow, girl, now that is a tasty granola combination!
Aww, wish I'd seen this yesterday when I was hunting for a granola recipe!! This looks awesome!
I wasn't a huge granola fan until I started making it, too. So much better when you can personalize it 😉
This looks like a fantastic granola!
I love granola, but have never added banana to mine. Good call on the flavor combination here…I love it all!
healthy looking granola lovely flavours in this
I recently made my own granola for the first time and loved it, but your flavors are simply perfect!! Love it!!
SO many great flavors and textures! This would be great with some Greek yogurt!
i love making granola, too.
but this looks like the best combo i've seen by far!!
I love homemade granola! The combination of peanut butter, banana and dark chocolate looks incredible. And I love how you added coconut oil to the granola. 🙂
This granola looks amazing! I love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter. I'd have to hide it so I didn't eat it all at once!
I love making granola! PB, banana, and chocolate = yum!
Adding dried banana slices is genius! I cannot believe I have never thought of that. What a perfect combination. I cannot wait to try it out. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome recipe. I've never tried making granola and to be honest I didn't realize the store bought kind is 'boo.' I'll have to give it a go now. Thanks so much for sharing!