Thursday, January 3, 2013

My Spin on Protein Granola

I have seen a lot of recipes for Protein Granola lately. I combined a bunch of ideas, and here is my version:

2/3 cup Oatmeal (I used Quaker Instant Oats)
1 cup of unsalted/plain Almonds
1 scoop of Vanilla Protein Powder (Target Brand)
1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 cup of Sugar Free Torani Almond Roca Syrup
3 Tablespoons Natural Peanut Butter (no sugar/refridgerated) 
1/2 tsp sea salt (to taste)

Mix all the ingredients together until blended. It will be thick and clumpy. Drop clumbs onto a baking sheet (I used a round pizza pan covered with Reynold's Foil - you could probably use Parchment as well). Cook at 350 for about 18 minutues (I stirred my mixure about 9 minutes in). It will be quite crispy. Allow to cool on a baking rack or on the cookie sheet. Put in an airtight container or bag.

**I also tried to chop up some sugar free dark chocolate I had left over from Christmas. FYI - I should have waited until the end to sprinkle it. I mixed some in, and it didn't cook properly. I ended up scaping most of it off.

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