Almond Granola Clusters
Course:
Snack
Ingredients
- 225 grams Oats
- 75 grams Almond Flour (or almond meal)
- 1⁄2 teaspoons Salt
- 95 grams Almonds (sliced, slivered, or chopped)
- 70 grams Coconut Oil
- 67 grams Brown Sugar
- 80 millilitres Maple Syrup
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 70 grams Raisins (maximum)
Steps
- Preheat oven to 150°C conventional. Line a 9×13-inch baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Combine coconut oil, brown sugar, and maple syrup in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk until sugar dissolves. It’s okay if there’s a layer of oil on top.
- Mix the oats, almond flour, salt, and almonds together in a large bowl. Set aside.
- Remove the oil/sugar mixture from heat, whisk in the vanilla, and pour over oat mixture. Stir until everything begins to come together. The mixture will be sticky.
- Pour into prepared baking pan and, using a spatula, press mixture tightly into an even layer in the pan.
- Bake for 40 minutes, rotating the pan every 10 minutes to ensure the granola “slab” bakes evenly.
- Remove the baking pan, but do not turn off the oven. Let the granola slab cool in the pan for 5–10 minutes.
- Lift the granola out of the pan using the parchment overhang on the sides. Cut into squares, and then break up into smaller cluster pieces—be careful, the granola is hot!
- Place the clusters back into the baking pan, with or without parchment, and bake the clusters for 10 more minutes.
- Remove clusters from the oven and cool completely. Clusters become crunchier the longer they cool.
Source: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/maple-almond-granola-clusters-vegan/#tasty-recipes-76826