Recipe Courtesy of The Healthy Matcha Cookbook
My favorite store-bought granola to snack on at breakfast is the Mona’s brand (it is crunchy, flavorful and just sweet enough!), and my favorite homemade version is this recipe for Matcha Granola. From one of my favorite cookbooks, The Healthy Matcha Cookbook, this simple recipe for homemade granola is flexible in terms of its add-ins, but gets its base flavor from maple syrup and matcha green tea powder.
Filled with concentrated healthy benefits and a great depth of flavor, the green tea powder also lends a nice, unmistakable green hue to the granola. My favorite add-ins to the rolled oats themselves are flax seeds, walnuts, cashews, dried apricots and dried mixed berries. (But feel free to use whatever ingredients you love and have on hand). Try this tasty granola over your favorite yogurt with fresh berries, in a parfait for a healthy snack, or as a quick breakfast idea with a touch of almond milk and a sliced, ripe banana.
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Match Granola
Ingredients:
- Recipe Courtesy of The Healthy Matcha Cookbook, by Miryam Quinn-Doblas, MS, RD*
- 4 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 cup walnut pieces
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted (I used olive oil instead*)
- 1 teaspoon matcha powder
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup goji berries
- 1/3 cup chia seeds
- (Feel free to use whatever dried fruits and add-ins you like; I used dried apricots, dried mixed berries, flax seeds, walnuts, and cashews**)
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 275 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix rolled oats, maple syrup, walnuts, oil, and matcha powder. Spread the mixture on a 9×13 baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and stir the mixture with a spatula. Bake for another 20 minutes, repeating this step once more until the granola is golden and crisp.
- Transfer the granola to a large mixing bowl. Add in the dried fruit and the other add-ins you choose to use. Mix thoroughly. Let the granola cool completely. Serve as desired with milk, yogurt, or any other mix-ins of your choice.
- Store granola in an airtight container for up to 1 month.
Tagged: breakfast, cereal, dried fruit, granola, green tea, homemade granola, maple syrup, matcha, matcha powder, nuts, rolled oats, The Healthy Matcha Cookbook, walnuts
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