Grain-free paleo spicy maple granola

I created this is delicately spiced granola as an alternative to the (often) high sugar shop-bought versions. 

It’s a delicious replacement for cereal, served with milk (cows, goats, almond, oat… whatever you like). I often have it as a snack with coconut yogurt, berries, and a sprinkle of raw cacao nibs for a little chocolatey twist.

Ingredients

• 2 cups of coconut flakes

• ½ cup each of hazelnuts, walnuts, Brazil nuts, almonds, pecans, & macadamias roughly chopped

• ¼ cup each of sunflower, pumpkin, black & white sesame, & chia seeds

• ¼ cup eat of hemp hearts & buckwheat groats 

• 2 tbls of freshly ground flax seeds or hemp flour

• 1 tbl coconut sugar

• 2 tsps cinnamon

• 1 tsp ground ginger

• 1 tsp ground cardamom

• 1 tsp Himalayan or sea salt 

• 3 tbls coconut oil

• ¼ cup of maple syrup

• 1 tsp vanilla paste

Method

• Heat oven to 100 degrees C - Roughly chop the nuts

• Put all ingredients apart from oil, syrup & vanilla in a big bowl and mix.

• Warm the coconut oil, maple syrup & vanilla, combine together then pour over nut/seed mixture. 

• Mix well, coating all the nuts & seeds with oil and syrup 

• Spread the mixture thinly on 2 lined baking sheets (they’ll stick like glue to the baking sheet without the baking paper!) 

• Bake for about 20 mins increase the temperature to 160 degrees C bake for another 10 - 15 minutes, checking to make sure it doesn’t burn. 

• Allow to cool completely and store in an airtight container.