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Hello reader!

Welcome to the first post of the “new” blog. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, here is a post that explains it a little bit.)

I thought I’d start with posting a recipe that I use a lot! This is the only granola we eat these days, we never buy granola or cereal from the store.
I’ts very simple, quick and really tasty. You can also add or change ingredients as you please, as the recipe is very basic. I recommend adding raisins, seeds, nuts or dried fruits for example. (You can add this at the very end).

But I will say this; It’s very good as it is too. Most of the time we just eat it as it is, without adding anything else.

Ingredients:
5 decilitres (2 cups) of gluten free oats (you can use regular if you aren’t gluten intolerant)
3 decilitres (1.2 cups) of puffed buckwheat or puffed rice
50 grams (1.8 oz) of roasted coconut chips
1 teaspoon vanilla powder (pure vanilla)
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
A pinch of salt
0.5 decilitres (0.2 cups) of coconut oil
3 tablespoons of honey
0.5 decilitres (0.2 cups) of water

Prepare the oven at 160 degrees celsius (320 degrees fahrenheit), upper and lower heat.

Let’s start!

Begin by mixing all the dry ingredients, except the coconut chips, in a large bowl. (Oats, Puffed buckwheat or rice, Vanilla powder, Cinnamon and Salt).

Mix the liquid ingredients in a separate, smaller bowl. (Honey, Coconut oil and Water).

Warm up the liquid a little bit in the microwave, just enough for the honey and oil to mix easier. Then pour it in the bigger bowl with the rest of the ingredients.
Make sure to mix well. Preferably, use your hands to make sure that all the dry ingredients are properly covered in the liquid.

Prepare a baking tray with some baking paper, and add your granola to it. Spread it out evenly all over the tray, in a thin layer.

Put the tray in the middle of the oven (160 degrees celsius/320 degrees fahrenheit, upper and lower heat) and leave it for around 15 minutes. After the 15 minutes have passed, take out the tray and mix the granola. Break up any bigger lumps.
Spread it out evenly again, and put it back in the oven for around 15 more minutes.

Keep an eye on the granola, you don’t want to risk it burning even the slightest! All ovens work differently, so while ~30 minutes in total works great for me, you might have to adjust if needed.

When your granola is done roasting in the oven, take it out and add the coconut chips. You can also add any other toppings you might want.
Leave the tray to cool, and the granola to dry. Leave it out for hours if you can, maybe even over night. You want it to be completely cool and dry before storing it in a container.

When it’s all dried up, take a nice glass container with an air tight lid (or whatever you might have available), and store the granola in a dark, cool place.

It’s really tasty to add as a topping on vanilla ice cream if you want dessert, or on your breakfast yoghurt for example. I love to have greek yoghurt, add a little bit of greek honey, 30 grams (1 oz) of this granola and maybe some sliced banana for breakfast. It’s absolutely delicious!

If you try this recipe, please let me know how it turned out. Did you add any fun toppings? Do you have a nice go-to breakfast where you use it?

Thanks for reading, hope you liked it!