Homemade Nut Granola

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups old fashioned rolled oats

  • 1 cup sliced almonds

  • 1 cup pecan pieces

  • 1 cup walnut pieces

  • ½ cup kosher salt 

  • ¼ cup ground flaxseed meal

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

  • ½ cup real maple syrup

  • 1 tsp vanilla

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

  • 1 large egg white, whipped until frothy

Instructions:

  1. In a large bowl, add in oats, nuts, salt, and cinnamon and combine together

  2. Slowly stir in maple syrup while mixing contents of bowl

  3. Add in vanilla and oil and stir until well combined

  4. Whip egg white until frothy and fold into granola. Do not over fold- this helps form clumps in the granola

  5. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with nonstick cooking spray

  6. Spread mixture onto baking sheet 

  7. Bake at 325 degrees F for 20 minutes

  8. Remove from oven and use a spatula to flip granola over

  9. Bake for another 15 to 20 minutes make sure granola becomes lightly browned but not burned

  10. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely

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