Vegan Peanut Butter Banana Granola

RECIPE BY FRUITY EMZ

If you haven't tried making your own granola yet, then this is the very reason you should start making them. This recipe is naturally sweetened and only uses 100% plant-based ingredients. Making this a lot healthier than store-bought varieties.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup mixture of almonds, walnuts & cashews
• 1/2 cup pistachio
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup ripe banana, mashed
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 135C and line a baking tray with parchment paper. 
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the oats, nuts, cinnamon and salt. 
3. In a small saucepan, warm coconut oil and maple syrup. Add in the vanilla extract.
4. Turn off heat and add mashed bananas and peanut butter.
5. Pour the wet ingredients to the dry mixture. Toss and mix to coat well.
6. Transfer mixture to the baking tray and bake for 1 hour, rotating the tray halfway through.
7. Remove from oven and let cool completely before breaking up into chunks.
8. Serve in your Coconut Bowls and enjoy with your fave plant-based milk!

Emily Yeo | @fruityemz | fruityemz.wixsite.com/mysite

This is Emily. She creates simple, delicious plant-based recipes that will be bound to satisfy your tummy tum tum! Her blog and Instagram were created out of a love for baking, but over time she developed an even deeper love for cooking and photography. She enjoys the satisfaction and artistic side of it.

Having truly experienced what it feels like to go from processed to whole foods, and now a total health nerd, she decided to take the plunge and study Dietetics. Currently, she is a Master of Nutrition & Dietetics student. That ride has been amazing and being brought up in a family that emphases healthy eating, it was nature that she wanted to look for a job that she had professional and a personal interest in.