Gluten Free Granola with Apple Butter
Make homemade gluten free granola -- your way! Every time you make this recipe it can be a little different, based upon what you have on hand, the seasons, or your mood ... because it's your (safe) gluten free granola!
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Servings: 10
Calories: 520kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Ingredients (note: most are optional)*
- 3/4 cup apple butter, natural applesauce, pumpkin butter OR pumpkin puree
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup OR dark agave nectar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 Tbs. honey OR light agave nectar
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 4 cups certified gluten-free purity protocol oats OR quinoa flakes OR rice flakes
- 1 cup pecans chopped
- 1 cup grated coconut (sweetened or unsweetened)
- 3/4 cup sunflower OR pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup flaxseed meal
- 2 Tbs. peanut butter powder
- 1/2 cup toasted almonds sliced or chopped
- 1 cup dried cranberries OR baking raisins or dried chopped fruit (like apples, golden raisins, etc.)
- Dash of salt (unless seeds are salted)
- 2 Tbs. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. allspice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325° F.
- Stir together all liquid ingredients in a small pot on the stove over low heat until smooth. Set aside.
- Whisk together dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Pour warmed liquid over the dry mix and combine thoroughly.
- Spread evenly over one or two large, parchment-lined cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10 minutes and stir, then bake another 10 minutes. Stir and redistribute granola with a wooden spoon or spatula, then turn off the oven and leave cookie sheets inside for another 5 minutes.
- Set cookie sheets out to cool for 45 minutes - 1 hour. The granola will become crunchier as it cools.
- When cooled, seal in airtight containers.
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Notes
*Remember, all the additions in this recipe are optional! Using different additions will change the nutritional values.
Nutrition Facts
Gluten Free Granola with Apple Butter
Serving Size
1
Amount per Serving
Calories
520
% Daily Value*
Fat
26
g
40
%
Saturated Fat
7
g
44
%
Trans Fat
0.001
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
8
g
Monounsaturated Fat
9
g
Cholesterol
0.001
mg
0
%
Sodium
26
mg
1
%
Potassium
547
mg
16
%
Carbohydrates
67
g
22
%
Fiber
11
g
46
%
Sugar
33
g
37
%
Protein
11
g
22
%
Vitamin A
26
IU
1
%
Vitamin C
1
mg
1
%
Calcium
116
mg
12
%
Iron
4
mg
22
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
** Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information may differ significantly depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe. Additionally, where options are given for ingredients, the resulting calculation may include all ingredient options instead of only one per line, skewing the totals significantly.