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Almond Butter Granola

Homemade almond butter granola is an easy recipe for a delicious breakfast, with crunchy clusters that are nutrient packed.

Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword baking, gluten-free, granola
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 3 cups
Author Plantily

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

  • 2 cups rolled oats
  • 1 cup of nuts or seeds*
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt

Wet Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoon ground flaxseed
  • 2 tablespoon warm water
  • cup maple syrup
  • cup natural almond butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom optional

Instructions

  1. Set the oven to 350°F.

  2. Roughly chop up any large nuts or seeds before adding them into a large bowl with the oats and salt.

  3. In a smaller separate bowl mix the ground flax and water. Let that sit for a minute or two before adding in the rest of the wet ingredients. Mix them all together until smooth.

  4. Add the wet ingredients into the dry. Mix everything well before pressing it out on a parchment lined baking sheet. Press it well to create bigger granola clusters, but make sure the pressed granola isn’t too thin at the edges of the pan or it may burn. It can be helpful to make the pressed granola a little thicker at the edges.

  5. Place the baking tray in an oven heated to 350°F for 15 minutes. Once the 15 minutes are up, remove the tray and start to break up the granola into chunks, mixing it around on the tray. Once broken up, place the tray back in the oven for 5-10 minutes. Keep an eye on it—the granola should be browning, but not burning.
  6. Remove the tray from the oven and let the granola cool. It should be crunchy when cooled.
  7. Store in a sealed container at room temperature for up to a couple weeks.

Recipe Notes

*You can use whatever mixture of nuts or seeds that you like/have on hand. I like to mix lots of different ones together. But if you want to make it extra almond-y you could stick to just almonds.