Holy Granola! After spending two weeks in the States this year, I’ve asked myself: How can Germans live without Granola? We do have our “Knuspermüsli”, but this definitely doesn’t keep up with the awesomeness of a good Granola and the choice you have in the U.S. Unfortunately, most of the granola or Knuspermüsli you can buy at the supermarket is filled with refined sugars or syrups, non-vegan ingredients like honey and lactose, or just a rip-off with too few quality nuts. This calls for a home-made Granola recipe, just as crunchy and delicious as it should be, but vegan and healthy.
The following recipe is for one batch (= one baking tray) of about 500g.
For the muesli mix, put all dry ingredients into a big bowl…
- 2 cups of your favourite muesli or just rolled oats
- 3 tbsp flax seeds
- 3 tbsp pumpkin seeds
- 3 tbsp sunflower seeds
- 3 tbsp puffed amaranth
- half a cup of almonds*
*I prefer my almonds a bit chopped up, so I put them in a plastic bag and use a masher (or hammer) to crush them a bit.
Now preheat the oven to 150° C/300 F.
In a separate little bowl or cup, mix together…
- 7 tbsp sunflower or rape seed oil
- 2 tbsp agave nectar (or as much as you like)
- cinnamon to taste (I use about 1 teaspoon)
- 1 banana, chopped into 1 cm/half inch pieces
Make sure you mash the banana properly and mix it well with the oil and agave – better use a fork for this! Then stir well until the liquid turns into a smooth pulp.
Pour the pulp over the muesli and mix well until every seed is covered in its fair share of yummy banana-cinnamon-syrup ; ) (Make sure to satisfy your sweet tooth at this stage and try a bit!)
Spread evenly on a baking tray and bake for about 25 to 30 min, depending on your oven. Check every 5 to 10 min and turn over with a spoon or spatula at least twice so the upper side doesn’t burn.
When it’s reached golden perfection, take out and let cool completely before placing into a container. This is the most important step – the cooling makes for a crunchier result.
Enjoy with some soy-milk and cocoa, fruit or berries – or as a topping for this.
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This looks (and probably smells) absolutely divine!! WIll have to give it a try soon and fill my kitchen with the wonderful aromas of bananas, cinnamon and roasted almonds !!! Mxx
Thanks! Yes, you should… the smell is definitely one of its assets ;) x
Anne, we love your blog!!! These food really inspire our meals. Thank you!
We’ve tried making the granola bar, but failed without agave nectar. (Can’t find it any where here.. wonder if there’s any replacement for it?) We already had 2 batches of granola.. with spoon! :D
Keep it up! L<3VE from Melbourne.
Oh, thanks so much! Wonderful to hear you’ve already tried it.
Hm, agave nectar can be substituted by any kind of syrup, like sugar beet molasses (not that healthy, but still better than refined sugar ;)), rice syrup, coco flower syrup or birch sugar (called Xylithol). You should be able to get this at health food stores or organic supermarkets, I think. You can also puree dried or soft dried dates and make a syrup out of it, which is probably the healthiest option. Hope this helps!
Love back from Berlin <3
Hi Anne, the recipe from crunchy banana almond granola looks really delicious. I would be interested in how long it can be used – so it does not spoil?
Thanks for your answer :)
Chrissy
Hi Chrissy, thanks for your question! It lasts at least 2-3 weeks I think :) (That’s the longest time I’ve stored it until I ate it all, haha) x