recipe: miso almond butter granola
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I used to not like granola. Tasted like bird food to me. I never understood why people would eat it unless you needed the sustenance. But then I had good granola. And I realized, this is not health food. This is practically candied cookie bits that have been rebranded as a “healthy” breakfast.
So anyways, no matter how many nuts and seeds I put in there, I don’t fool myself into thinking this is much healthier than sugary cereal, but for a snack, I could do much worse. And these days, I always keep a jar at my desk to snack on throughout the day. It’s fairly quick to whip up a batch over the weekend and be set for the week. And pretty easy to get a handle on experimenting. Once you have the general ratios, the world is your… granola bowl? But even if you aren’t one to measure (aka me), it’s pretty forgiving.
This week I opted for a little sweet and savory, taking inspiration from miso almond butter cookies and making it into granola. I usually go heavier on the nuts (adding walnuts and pecans to the mix), but kept it simple with almonds. I love the addition of millet for some extra texture (both in terms of taste and visually), but everything is easily swappable. I generally go for about a 4:1:1 ratio between the dry ingredients (oats, nuts, seeds, coconut flakes, etc), the sugar, and the oil.
ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cups chopped raw almonds
- 1/4 pepitas
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 2 tbsp millet
- 1/4 cups almond butter
- 1/4 cups maple syrup
- 1 tbsp red miso
steps
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Chop the raw nuts and combine with the oats, seeds and millet.
- In a separate bowl, stir together maple syrup, almond butter and miso until smooth.
- Pour the syrup mixture into the dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Spray a baking sheet and spread mixture into an even layer.
- Bake for 30 minutes, mixing halfway. If you want it to stay chunky, press it down after mixing.
- Let cool completely, then break into pieces and store in airtight container.
