Nutty Baked Granola
Spiced toasted rolled oats, nuts, and seeds (your choice!) are mixed with honey, butter, and chocolate powdered drink mix for this delicious granola.
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- Serves: 24 persons
Ingredients
- 4cups regular rolled oats
- ¾cup chopped nuts (such as pecans, pistachios, walnuts, etc.)
- ¼cup seeds (such as sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, etc.)
- 2teaspoons apple pie spice or pumpkin pie spice
- ¼teaspoon salt
- ¼cup coconut oil
- ½cup honey or pure maple syrup
- 1packet Carnation Breakfast Essentials® Rich Milk Chocolate Powdered Drink Mix
- 1cup dried fruit (such as raisins, dried cherries, or dried cranberries, etc.)
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Lightly grease a 15x10x1-inch baking pan; set aside. In a large bowl combine oats, coarsely chopped nuts, seeds, apple pie spice and salt; set aside.Step 2
In a small saucepan combine coconut oil and honey until coconut butter melts. Stir in Carnation Breakfast Essentials® Rich Milk Chocolate Powdered Drink Mix. Drizzle over the oats mixture; toss to coat. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.Step 3
Bake about 20 minutes or until light brown, stirring after 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Stir in dried fruit.Step 4
Spread granola on a large piece of foil to cool. Store at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 5 days. (Or place in freezer bags and freeze up to 2 months.