Puffed Rice Granola
Puffed rice granola is a great recipe to add to your breakfast routine. It’s nutritious, delicious, and easily customizable. Enjoy it on top of your cereal, with yogurt, or even by itself.
ESTIMATED COST : $1.75 or $0.29 a serve
Ingredients
- 1 ½ tablespoons (30 grams, 1.06 ounces) honey or maple syrup
- 25 grams (0.88 ounces) neutral flavored oil e.g. vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon or to taste
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg or to taste
- Pinch of salt to taste
- ¼ cup (40 grams, 1.41 ounces) pepitas seeds
- ¼ cup (35 grams, 1.23 ounces) sunflower seeds
- ¾ cup (75 grams, 2.65 ounces) old fashioned oats (rolled oats)
- 50 grams (1.76 ounces) puffed rice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C (320°F) and line a large baking tray with baking paper.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, mix the honey (or maple syrup), oil, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Add the pepita seeds, sunflower seeds, oats, and puffed rice. Mix until combined.
- Spread mixture onto prepared baking tray and bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden and toasted. Halfway through baking, carefully stir the granola.
- Once baked, remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
Notes
Granola with puffed rice is great on it’s own but it’s nice to enjoy it with other foods, such as:
- Smoothie bowl
- Yogurt bowl
- Over a bowl of cereal
- With fruit salad
- Make this granola into cereal bars or energy bars by mixing it with some nut butter, shaping into bars, and refrigerating until firm.
- On top of some ice cream.