I have been trying for over a year now to make Jeff some oats and honey flavored granola bars from scratch. Every time something goes wrong; I either burn them, they never bake in the middle, or they just fall apart.
This time, they just fell apart.
It was ok though! I tasted the oat crumbles and was completely in love with it as an unintentional granola.
Lemme show you what I did and what I came out with…
For the almond butter and honey oat granola I used:
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup oat bran
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1/8 cup honey
Start by toasting the oats and oat bran in a dry pan over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Keep stirring almost continuously so that nothing burns.
Microwave almond butter and honey together in a bowl for 40 seconds, stir, then heat for another 10 seconds and stir again. Pour this over the toasted oats in a large bowl and mix together completely.
Line a loaf pan with wax paper and pour the mixture in.
Press mixture firmly into the loaf pan. I used the bottom of a drinking glass to really smash it down into the bottom of the pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
At this point I wanted to get it out of the hot pan so it wouldn’t continue to cook the bottom and edges, so I pulled it out and placed it on a cooling rack.
You can see that it started to crack and crumble immediately. I tasted a corner and it was really yummy though, so granola it is!
Here it is cooled and crumbled up, ready to top yogurt, cereal, ice cream, whatever…
I had some this morning over strawberry yogurt with bananas on top. The combination of the fruity yogurt and the almond-buttery granola reminded me of a classy PB&J sandwich!
I think if I were to make this again I could skip pressing it into a pan (since I’m not aiming to make it into bars) and just crumble it over a sheet pan and bake it for less time, maybe 10 minutes should do it. It’s certainly a very simple granola to make with only four ingredients.
Almond butter and honey oat granola
Super-fast honey oat granola recipe with the rich roasted flavor of almond butter.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Yield: About 2 cups
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup oat bran
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1/8 cup honey
Cooking Directions
- Toast oats and oat bran in a dry pan over medium heat, stirring almost continuously.
- Microwave honey and almond butter together for 40 seconds, stir, then another 10 seconds.
- Pour melted almond butter and honey over oats in a large bowl and mix well.
- Either serve as is or bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees for extra crunchiness.
In your opinion, what makes the perfect granola?
