Not only does this granola taste amazing, your entire house with smell amazing while it bakes. It has a light and fresh texture, with a rich cinnamon & vanilla flavor mixed with the sweetness of strawberries and banana. Go ahead, honey. It’s gluten-free! 🙂
*Trader Joe’s has the best selection and prices on nuts and seeds.
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Summer's Paleo Granola
Author: Summer Williams www.SummersKitchen.com
Recipe type: Breakfast, snack
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Serves: 9-10 cups
Paleo, grain-free, gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free, egg-free
Ingredients
- 1½ cups sliced almonds
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1½ cups pecans
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds
- ¾ cup grade B maple syrup
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- ¾ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp vanilla bean powder
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 1 cup organic raisins
- 1 Trader Joe's bag freeze dried strawberries (unsweetened & unsulfured)
- 1 Trader Joe's bag freeze dried banana slices (unsweetened)
- NOTE: Trader Joe's has the best selection and prices on nuts and seeds.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine sliced almonds, shredded coconut, pecans, and pumpkin seeds.
- In a small sauce pan, combine maple syrup, coconut oil, cinnamon, vanilla, and sea salt.
- Heat sauce until hot, but NOT boiling.
- Pour sauce over nut mixture and stir to combine.
- Grease a large cookie sheet with a thin layer of coconut oil.
- Spread granola mixture over cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Stir and spread granola 1-2 times while baking to prevent burning. (I use a spatula to turn granola over while baking)
- Once baked, scoop granola into large bowl.
- Add raisins, dried strawberries, and dried banana slices.
- Stir to combine.
- Let cool, and store in an air tight container.
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I'm Summer Williams, a Clinical Nutritionist who specializes in gastrointestinal health. With a firm background in healing, I believe anything is possible.
All of my recipes are Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free & Refined Sugar-Free. 
