Maple Granola & Yogurt Parfaits

There is nothing better than home-made granola, and it is so easy to make.  You can add your favorite ingredients and customize it to your own taste. I prefer to bake the granola in my Excalibur Dehydrator, but you can make this recipe in an oven as well if you don’t have a dehydrator.

Granola makes a perfect breakfast, lunch or snack.  I love it with Almond Milk or in a Coconut Milk Yogurt Parfait, my new favorite (recipe below).  It’s great for kids because you can add so many nutritious nuts, seeds and grains, and it’s low in sugar.  We also like it for a topping for our frozen fruit “ice cream”.  It’s easy to make and I always have the ingredients on hand.
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A basic recipe is below, but have fun adding YOUR favorite ingredients.

​Maple Granola and Coconut Milk Yogurt Parfaits
​Yield:  About 5 cups of granola

 Ingredients:

• 4 cups rolled oats
• ½ cup ground flax seed (and about ¼ cup whole flax seeds)
• 1 cup chopped raw unsalted nuts, such as: almonds, walnuts or cashews
• 1 cup raw unsalted pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds
• 1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon, nutmeg or allspice
• ¾ cup maple syrup
• ¼ cup coconut oil, melted

Directions:

1. Add oats, nuts, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds, and coconut.  Sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg or allspice.
2. In a separate bowl, mix together ¾ cup maple syrup and ¼ cup melted coconut oil.  Pour over granola and mix well to coat.
3. Pour onto sheet pans covered with parchment paper.  Bake at 250 degrees until golden and toasted about 45 minutes.  Watch closely and stir about every 10 minutes.  *If using a dehydrator, pour granola onto dehydrator sheets, and set temperature to 115 degrees for about 8 hours until everything is well toasted.
4. Remove from oven or dehydrator and add raisins, cranberries, dates, apricots and/or any other favorite dried fruit.
5. Cool and store in an airtight container.

 
Coconut Milk Yogurt Parfait
Ingredients:

• Granola
• Fresh Fruit
  
• Coconut Milk Yogurt, Vanilla flavor is the best!

Directions:

1. Layer granola, coconut milk yogurt and fruit into a glass, about 2 or 3 layers per serving.

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The photos below are of my son was little and was helping to make the granola. He has always loved granola! Kids can help by chopping the nuts with a chopper like this and mixing the ingredients together.  

 We hope you enjoy these simple ideas for making and eating granola!