{Sprouted Granola} | Ultimate Cacao-Orange Vanilla Spice

Crunchy, spicy, aromatic granola...

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2 large mixing bowls

2 large rimmed baking sheets

Blender

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Yield | 22 servings, 1/2 cup each

* most store-bought granolas have around 10g of sugars in a 1/4 cup serving. This recipe keeps it down to 4.5g sugar per 1/4 cup, or 9g sugar per whole 1/2 cup serving.

Ingredients: DATE SYRUP

10 medjool dates, soft, medium-large

Juice of 2 Oranges, freshly squeezed (include pulp)

* blend until smooth and set aside.

Ingredients: BOWL 1

• 3 cup, Organic Sprouted Rolled Oats

• 1 Tsp, Cinnamon

• 0.50 tsp, Ginger,

• 0.25 tsp, Allspice

• 0.25 tsp, Clove

• 0.25 tsp, Cardamom

• 0.25 tsp Nutmeg

• 1 tsp., Himalayan Pink Sea Salt

• 0.5 cup(s), Raw Cacao Powder

• 0.33 cup(s), Organic Ghee from grass-fed cows

• Zest of 1 Orange

• 1 tsp, Vanilla Extract

• 1/2 of Date “Syrup”

• 0.5 cup (39 g), Coconut Chips

• 0.5 cup(s), Pumpkin Seeds or Walnuts (unsalted, raw or soaked and dried)

• 0.5 cup(s), Cashew Pieces (unsalted, raw or soaked and dried)

Ingredients: BOWL 2

• 3 cup, Organic Sprouted Rolled Oats

• 1 Tsp, Cinnamon

• 0.50 tsp, Ginger

• 0.25 tsp, Allspice

• 0.25 tsp, Clove

• 0.25 tsp, Cardamom

• 0.25 tsp Nutmeg

• 1.25 tsp., Himalayan Pink Sea Salt

• 0.33 cup(s), Organic Coconut Oil

• Zest of 1 Orange

• 1 tsp, Vanilla Extract

• 1/2 of Date “Syrup”

• 0.5 cup (39 g), Coconut Threads or Shredded

Instructions:

Mix all of your ingredients in each bowl. Coat your oats with the coconut oil or ghee before adding the "wet" ingredients ( the date syrup and vanilla).

On each of your baking sheets, place the contents of one bowl.

Bake at 300°F for 30 minutes, aerate the granola (move it around), bake for another 30 minutes at 300°F. Turn heat all the way down and leave granola like this until crunchy :) Sometimes I turn the heat off after awhile and leave the granola in the warm oven all night.

ADD After Baking: {balance the roasted and the raw}

• 0.5 cup(s), Pumpkin Seeds or Walnuts

• 0.5 cup(s), Raw Cashew Pieces

• 0.5 cup(s), Coconut Chips

• 0.5 cup(s), Coconut Threads or Shredded

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