Crispy, perfectly sweet Granola with some fresh fruits, milk or yoghurt and a drizzle of nut butter. The easiest and quickest breakfast of all time. Batch make the granola and breakfast is ready in 2 minutes. You have got the perfect crunch, some nice and chewy dried fruits and the freshness of the coconut. A tropical twist on your classic breakfast.
What is granola?
Granola is an oat and nut based (most of the time) breakfast cereal. Similar to muesli but other than that, it is baked in the oven to make it crispy and it is sweeter. In conventional granolas, which you can find at the supermarkets, there often is lots of added refined sugar. Sure it tastes good, but it also sure is not healthy. Other times the packaging won’t say „sugar“ but rather something like „sirup“ or „glucose…“, which is not better either. So when you are getting granola at the supermarkets be sure to check the labels.
What is in granola?
As I already said the base consists of oats and nuts, most of the times. Often there are seeds added, dried fruits or other grains. To make it all stick together to form clusters and to make it sweeter, we need to add some oil and some form of sweetener. This can be any sweetener, although I would recommend using maple sirup, coconut nectar or another natural sweetener that also has other nutrients. After baking there often are other things added like dried fruits.
Is every granola the same?
100% not. Because there are so many different ways you can make granola and make it taste. Check the store the next time you go and you’ll see. Chocolate, coconut, berry, natural, you will find anything you want! Like this one! We add some dried mango and a little coconut to give it a summery twist. But you could also make it with apples and cranberries like in my apple and cranberry popcorn granola. I, for example, always like to add something puffed and airy like popcorn, puffed rice or puffed quinoa. This adds a lot of volume while not adding many calories and it gives a real nice crunch.
Is granola healthy?
Can be but does not have to be. Companies often try to trick you into assuming wrong and that is what you have to watch out for. Because granola has become very popular in the past years, especially with health foodies it is often assumed that every granola is healthy. But that obviously is not the case, as I already mentioned. You NEED to check the labels! Some granolas have up to 50 grams of sugar per 100 gram serving. And that is a whole lot. That is almost 18 cubes of sugar. And ONLY in your breakfast. So this is not the best start into the day. So again, granola can be (easily) made healthy but not every one necessarily is.
How to make granola
Super super easy. At least my version. You need 1 pan, 1 bowl, 1 tray and 1 oven. In the pan you combine the „wet“ ingredients. These are the oil, the liquid sweetener, and the almond butter. We are melting all of those together so they combine really well and essentially become one unit. This makes sure that every part of the granola is equally covered with those 3 ingredients. Next, you combine the dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix mix mix and then pour the liquid ones over and again, mix mix mix. Now, it only needs to go onto a baking tray and bake till crispy. Out of the oven, we add in the chopped up dried mango and the coconut and voilà, that’s it!
Substitutions?!
Yes, plenty! That’s the great thing about making granola, you can easily add your twist to it and add in what you love.
Rolled oats = other rolled grains like spelt for example
Puffed Quinoa = puffed rice or even popcorn (but without butter or salt, just the pure one)
Sliced almonds = any other nut or seed. Instead of cool
Dried mango = other dried fruit like cranberry or raisins
Coconut Oil = neutral tasting oil
Maple syrup = honey, agave, coconut nectar
Coconut sugar = leave it out/ brown sugar
Chia seeds = flax seeds/ leave it out
How to best enjoy it:
This is totally up to you and your preference. My favorite way to enjoy it, is with some yoghurt and fresh fruit. My parents like it most with milk. Also this works great on smoothie bowls or just on top of some fresh fruit. But tbh, you are gonna have half of the tray pure, straight out of the oven (like us every time we make it 🙂 )
I hope that you will enjoy eating and making this recipe and it helps you to start your day with a healthy and tasty breakfast!
Mango Coconut Granola
Crispy, perfectly sweet, nutty. Adding the tropical twists to the granola give you summer in a bowl1 super & quick!
What you will need
- 50 g rolled oats
- 50 g puffed quinoa
- 30 g sliced almonds
- 20 g chia seeds
- 30 g coconut oil
- 30 g almond butter
- 60 g maple syrup
- 50 g dried mango
- 30 g coconut shreds
- some sea salt
- a little coconut sugar
How to
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Place the coconut oil, the almond butter and the syrup in a pan and heat it up until molten. Stir concstantly so nothing burns and everything is well combined.
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In the meantime combine the rolled oats, puffed quinoa, sliced almonds and chia seeds in a bowl along with the sea salt. Pour the liquid mixture over and combine it well. Spread it on a baking tray and sprinkle with some extra coconut sugar. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 180°C.
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In the meatime cut the dried mango into small chunks. Once the granola is done baking take it out of the oven and mix the dried mango and coconut in. Let it cool completely before transfering to a storage box or glas.
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Serve with fresh fruit and/or yoghurt or milk! Enjoy!
Notes
Substitutions:
Rolled oats = other rolled grains like spelt for example
Puffed Quinoa = puffed rice or even popcorn (but without butter or salt, just the pure one)
Sliced almonds = any other nut or seed. Instead of cool
Dried mango = other dried fruit like cranberry or raisins
Coconut Oil = neutral tasting oil
Maple syrup = honey, agave, coconut nectar
Coconut sugar = leave it out/ brown sugar
Chia seeds = flax seeds/ leave it out
Happy cooking,
Enjoy,
Katie // Une Petite Cuisinière
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