Coconut Sugar Tropical Granola
This homemade Coconut Tropical Granola has a tropical vibe, is made with coconut sugar and has huge granola clusters that will make you come back for seconds!
Servings: 20 portions
Calories: 209kcal
Equipment
- 1 Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
Coconut Syrup
- 2 cups coconut sugar
- 1 cup water
Coconut Granola
- 2 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup quick oats
- 1 cup cashews
- 1 cup coconut shredded and unsweetened
- ¼ cup hemp seeds
- ¾ cup coconut sugar syrup
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- ½ cup dried mango sliced
Instructions
- Mix coconut sugar with water and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring continually, for 3 minutes. It will thicken a bit and smell like caramel, but it will still be quite liquid.
- For the granola: Preheat the oven to 300° F and line a rectangular baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- In a large bowl, add the oats, cashews, hemp seeds, salt and shredded coconut. Stir to combine.
- Pour the coconut oil and coconut sugar syrup and mix well.
Spread the granola in an even layer on a lined baking sheet. - Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until the granola is lightly golden on top. Do not toss the granola while it’s baking.
- Let the granola cool before adding the dried mangos, and breaking it into chunks. Store in an airtight container, room temperature, for 2 weeks.
Notes
Substitutions:
- Coconut syrup: substitute for the same amount of maple syrup.
- Coconut oil: substitute for vegetable, canola, almond or sunflower oil. Olive oil might be too strong in flavor for this recipe.
- Hemp seeds: you can replace hemp seeds with chia or sunflower seeds.
- Dried mango: if you don't have it, or is not a mango fan, you can leave it out.
- Unsweetened shredded coconut: you can use the sweetened version, but granola will be sweeter that way.
- Oats: You can make it without quick oats. If making with quick oats only (with no old-fashined oats), the granola will bake a bit faster: remove 2 to 3 minutes before the time asked in the recipe.
- Cashew: can be replace for almonds or Brazilian nuts.
- Add the right amount of wet ingredients, and make sure there are no dry granola parts before baking.
- After spreading the unbaked granola on the lined baking sheet, press the granola with a spatula.
- Get the granola off the oven before it overbakes. Don't bake it for more than 30 minutes!
- Wait a few minutes for it to cool down before breaking granola into chunks.
- Don’t toss the granola while baking!
Nutrition
Serving: 1portion | Calories: 209kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 37mg | Potassium: 100mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 636IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 2mg
