Weekend crockpot Nola

welcome to your new weekend ritual

I gathered my little cooks several years ago and we crafted this recipe for you …

You'll wonder how you every dusted, vacuumed + folded laundry without the smell of maple cinnamon granola filling your home.

I've called this weekend crockpot granola ... because well, it's made with a crockpot {hello zero dishes} and you need to be around
to stir it a few times so it doesn't burn ... hence the weekend aspect.

Recipe:

1/2c coconut oil

1/2c maple syrup

3c Oats

1 tsp vanilla extract

2c puffed quinoa {or just more oats}

1 tsp cinnamon (or 2 drops doterra cinnamon oil)

1/2c shredded coconut

1/2c hemp seeds

1/2c pumpkin seeds

1/4c chia seeds

1/4c choc chips or dried fruit (added near the end of cooking time)

If you use Plan to Eat, here’s the recipe linked there

Method:

Melt the liquids together on low in the crockpot first.
Then add all other ingredients except for dried fruit/choc chips.
You’ll want to stir these optional items in about 20 min before turning crockpot off.
Cook for about 4hrs on low with the lid cracked to allow a little of the heat to escape.
Stir it from time to time to break up the large chunks.
After granola is finished, store in glass mason jars in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

To make this into Granola Bars:

Take 2 cups of this granola, mix in 2 eggs and bake for 20 min at 350.
(I usually add in a few scoop of protein powder or collagen + chocolate chips at this point and not while making granola)

What I love about this recipe:

It's no fuss: you melt the liquids in the crock first then add your dry and let it do it's thang. It's school-safe: this recipe has no nuts at all.
It's customizable: want nuts? Go for it! Sub them in for the seeds
You can double it and make the easiest-granola-bars-on-mama-earth by adding 2 eggs to 2 cups of the granola. {see linked recipe for full details}
We use up the granola throughout the week by topping it on coconut yogurt, smoothies, or on it's own with almond milk
Topped on a yummy smoothie: 1c almond milk, 2 cups kale, 1 cup frozen blueberry, 1 scoop protein powder, 1/2 banana, 1 tsp cinnamon. 

Hope you love it - Let me know when you make it and if you add any awesome ingredients!

Happy baking ... hardly ;)

xo, Ange

ps … Check out my Recipes page for all my faves.