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?
YUM! That granola looks SO good!
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Have you ever tried brown rice syrup in them? I did that once and they held together pretty well. They were chewy though, don’t know if you are going for that.
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I have once, and I have an unopened jar of the stuff in my pantry, maybe I’ll try that. I used to make granola bars all the time that held together well because the wet ingredients were basically caramel. I’m trying to find something equally sticky but healthier.
This looks like my kind of granola! I love almond butter and a little less crunch is great for crumbling over yogurt and oatmeal. Thank goodness for accidental baking discoveries!
p.s. Thanks for your comment yesterday!
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