Tropical Mango Coconut Granola
Coconut almonds, macadamia nuts, and pistachios are baked with lots of oats, coconut oil, honey, spices, and a little bit of lime to brighten things up.
Servings: 16
Calories: 659kcal
Ingredients
Dry:
- 8 cups rolled oats
- 1 & 1/2 cups wheat germ
- 1 & 1/2 cups oat bran
- 2 (6-oz) cans Blue Diamond Toasted Coconut Almonds
- 1 cup macadamia nuts 2 of the 2.25 oz packages
Wet:
- 1 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup maple syrup the real stuff
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 2 & 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon vanilla or vanilla bean paste
- 1 lime juiced
- 1 & 1/2 cups dried mango chopped
- 1 & 1/2 cups dried apricots large ones halved
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- In the largest bowl you have, combine the oats, wheat germ, oat bran, Toasted Coconut Almonds, and macadamia nuts.
- In a medium saucepan, combine oil, maple syrup, honey, salt, ginger, cardamom, allspice, and cinnamon.
- Bring to a boil, then remove from heat. Wait about a minute and then stir in the vanilla (If you do it right away some of it will burn off). Add the lime juice.
- Slowly pour some of the liquid over the oat mixture and stir. Add the rest in a few increments until it is all incorporated.
- Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets (I used 1 large and 2 small) with foil or parchment paper. Spray with nonstick spray. Divide the granola between the pans and spread evenly.
- Bake at 325 for about 12 minutes, then stir the pans and bake for another 10-12 minutes, until it's just starting to brown. (If you are baking all pans at once, rotate the top and bottom pans when you stir.)
- Let the granola cool. Sprinkle the mangos and apricots over the granola and mix in.
- Store in an airtight container. Ziplocks or quart jars work great.
Notes
Granola is so adaptable! The honey/maple can be in any ratio you like, or replaced with agave or something similar. Add shredded coconut or replace some other ingredients with it. Dried pineapple would be a great sub for dried mango. Change up the spices. The possibilities are endless!
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 659kcal | Carbohydrates: 96g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Sodium: 155mg | Potassium: 569mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 47g | Vitamin A: 2681IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 95mg | Iron: 5mg