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Chocolate Tahini Granola
Delicious granola rich with chocolate flavour and sweetened with maple syrup. It has wonderful nuttiness from sesame seed paste (tahini) which makes it extra delicious!
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups 250g large flake rolled oats
- 1 cup 130g mixed raw cashews and almonds
- ¼ cup 35g sunflower seeds
- 3 tablespoon 9g cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoon 30g packed dark brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoon 45ml tahini
- ⅓ cup 80ml pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoon 30ml melted coconut oil or olive oil
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup 85g dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325°F. Have ready a large baking sheet.
- Combine oats, nuts, sunflower seeds, cocoa powder, brown sugar and salt in a large bowl. Mix to blend well.
- Combine tahini, maple syrup, olive oil or coconut oil and vanilla extract in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until it is just smooth and evenly combined. Remove from heat and pour it into the bowl with the oats. Stir until all of the oats, nuts and seeds are evenly coated.
- Spread the mixture evenly onto a large baking sheet and bake for 25-30 minutes until it feels dry and darkens in colour. Toss once halfway during baking. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top and let cool completely.
- NOTE: if you prefer large clusters instead of a loose granola, then replace ¼ cup of rolled oats with quick-cooking or minute oats. Then, pat the mixture down onto a parchment-lined 13x9-inch baking tray and do not stir during baking. If your oven has hot spots, then rotate the pan to prevent burning in any one spot. When completely cool, break it up into clusters.
