I think I’m in love…since being gluten and grain free one of the things I miss is a crunchy, sweet and slightly chewy granola. I like to have some texture in my fruit and yogurt, smoothies and occasional frozen dessert…my “go-to” topping is usually toasted macadamia nuts (which are wonderful too!) but sometimes I have a hankering for a little something sweet and indulgent. I came across this recipe at Heartland Renaissance and slightly adapted it to use my favorite low-glycemic sweeteners. This recipe makes about 2 quarts or 32 ounces of granola, a typical serving is about 1/4 cup or 1 oz, so there is plenty to share with your loved ones or can easily be cut in half.
Grain-Free Granola
Ingredients:
2 cups almonds
1 cup pecans
1 cup walnuts
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1 cup unsweetened coconut, shredded
1 cup raisins (or your favorite unsweetened dried fruit, chopped)
1 T. cinnamon
4 T. butter
4 T. coconut oil
2 T. coconut palm sugar
2 T. – 1/4 cup yacon syrup (or agave, honey or maple syrup)
2 t. vanilla
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
In a food processor, place the 2 cups of almonds and pulse until they are chopped up. Process the almonds until they are a pretty coarse texture, some will be finer than others and that’s okay. Pour almonds into a large mixing bowl. Process the walnuts and pecans to about the same texture of the almonds; this will not take as long as the almonds so be sure to watch the nuts in this step, add pecans and walnuts to large mixing bowl. I like to start with coconut flakes and pulse them a few times (or you can use shredded coconut and skip this step), next, add half of the sunflower and pumpkin seeds to the processor and pulse a few times. Place the remaining seeds, fruit, cinnamon and coconut to the mixing bowl and mix well.
In the meantime, combine butter, coconut oil, palm sugar and yacon syrup over low heat until combined. Take off heat and stir in vanilla.
Pour the hot liquid into the nut mixture and stir well until evenly combined and all pieces are coated.
Pour the granola out onto a greased (or parchment lined) jelly roll pan and spread out to an even layer. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the mixture begins to smell fragrant and slightly brown on top. When done, remove and allow to briefly cool on the cookie sheet before transferring into your preferred storage jar while still warm, taking care not to allow it to cool completely on the cookie sheet as it can stick.
Berries, Cottage Cheese and Granola
This recipe is shared at:
Simply Living Healthy 
YUMMMM! Thank you for sharing, I think that’s the best granola I’ve ever had.
Making granola used to be a family affair growing up. I haven’t made it in forever, but now I really want to! I really like how this isn’t super full of sugar either!
You could dehydrate it for a raw treat as well! This version is pretty sweet for my taste so you could always use less sweetener if you are avoiding sugar…
Oooh! This looks amazing! I love granola.
I was just looking for a great granola recipe! So perfect, I’m definitely going to make this!