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Healthy Granola (Muesli) Recipe

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Cuisine Pakistani
Calories 365 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 360 g Rolled Oats
  • 1 cup Coconut Flakes (Any Nut)
  • 1 cup Nuts (Almond, Pumpkin Seed, Sunflower Seed)
  • ½ cup Dried Fruit (Apple, Pineapple, Apricot)
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 pinch Salt

Wet Ingredients:

  • ⅓ cup Honey Or Maple Syrup
  • ⅓ cup Coconut Oil OR Melted Butter
  • 1½ tsp Almond Essence Or Vanilla Essence 

Clumpy Granola:

  • 2 Egg Whites

Instructions
 

Loose Granola:

  • Preheat oven to 150C/300F.
  • Combine Dry ingredients, excluding dried fruit.
  • Combine Wet ingredients.
  • Combine Wet and Dry ingredients. Do a taste test. Adjust to taste - more sweet, more fat etc.
  • Spread on baking tray and bake until golden, approximately 35 - 40 minutes, tossing twice.
  • Stir through dried fruit. Cool. Store in an airtight container.

Clumpy Granola:

  • Preheat oven to 140C/280F. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
  • Combine Wet excluding egg whites.
  • Combine Dry including dried fruit. Whisk egg whites with fork until foamy.
  • Mix Wet and Dry in a large bowl, then mix through egg whites.
  • Spread granola on the tray, making a hole in the centre, like a doughnut.
  • Bake for 45 minutes - DO NOT STIR - until golden. Check at 35 minutes. 
  • Then turn the oven off, leave the granola in the oven, and open the oven door open a bit. Leave the granola to cool. The color will deepen and it will firm up.
  • Once cool, break into clusters. Store in an airtight container.