Maple Walnut Granola is sweet, crunchy, and delicious, made with healthy whole grains, natural sweetener, and filled with soft, flavorful walnuts.
Granola is one of those foods that can either be a health food or a junk food. It really depends how you (or some company) makes it. Often, store-bought granola contains tons of refined sugar, oil, and calories. So while granola from the store may seem like the healthy choice, we're probably better off staying away from all those terrible ingredients.
Luckily, I've got a delicious granola recipe for you today. In my granola recipes I don't use any added sugars, oils, or other harmful ingredients. You can feel confident that the foods you're putting into your body are good for you. And delicious too!
I've shared a couple of amazing granola recipes with you guys. Specifically, my Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte Granola and my Mulberry Chia Granola. But this Maple Walnut Granola is extra special.
Before I started avoiding oil and added sugars, I loved eating Purely Elizabeth's Maple Walnut Granola. The flavor combination of maple syrup and walnuts is to die for! And while I still love the healthy mission that Purely Elizabeth promotes, I'm no longer a fan of her ingredients. Foods like coconut sugar, coconut oil, and maple syrup seem healthy but really aren't. Oils and sugars are highly processed foods that provide high calories with no nutritional value. When choosing what to put into my body, my primary goal is to maximize nutrition. That's why I created my own Maple Walnut Granola -- one that (hopefully) rivals the Purely Elizabeth brand in taste and definitely beats it out for nutritional quality.
My largest concern when trying to make MAPLE Walnut Granola without added sugars was the maple syrup. How on earth can I get maple flavor without maple syrup?! Luckily I discovered maple extract. It's similar to vanilla extract, except maple! Maple extract gives us that amazing maple flavor without the non-nutritionally dense calories that come from maple syrup.
Step 1. Preheat the oven to 350. In a medium bowl mix the dry ingredients. Add in the wet ingredients and stir until mixed thoroughly.
Step 2. Spread on a parchment-lined baking pan and bake for 15 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on the pan before breaking into chunks. Enjoy!
Jesus, thank you for healthy, nutritionally dense ingredients. Thank you for giving us the option to make our own food and express the creativity you give us. Amen.
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Maple Walnut Granola is sweet, crunchy, and delicious, made with healthy whole grains, natural sweetener, and filled with soft, flavorful walnuts.
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