Banana Bread
BANANA BREAD GRANOLA
Crunchy -- in both senses of the word. This is the ultimate clumpy granola, plus it tastes like banana bread, PLUS it has flax seeds which I hear are good for you. I adapted this from a wonderful Happy Yolks recipe -- tweaking it to just what I like.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups rolled oats
- 2 very ripe bananas (i like to use frozen, then thawed ones)
- 3/4 cup flax seeds
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (use spicy saigon if you can)
- 1 dash cardamom
- 1 pinch sea salt
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the bananas, coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla. Mix until well combined and thick, and then add the oats.
- Mix on medium-low speed for about 3 minutes, then add in the cinnamon, cardamom, salt and flax seeds and mix until combined.
- Spread the mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake it for about 25 to 30 minutes. After about 15 minutes, check the granola and stir it around gently with a spoon so it browns evenly but don't break up the clumps too much. Let it cool before breaking it up with your hands in large clumps.