Peanut Butter Protein Granola

Peanut Butter Protein Granola 

Recipe Courtesy of Rocky Mountain Baking

Granola has always been marketed as a healthy breakfast, but when you look at the nutrition facts they state otherwise. Packed full of carbs and lots of sugars, most granolas are definitely not a healthy breakfast! However, this peanut butter power granola is a truly healthy granola. With only four grams of net carbs, one gram of sugar, and fourteen grams of protein per serving, this granola will help power your mornings!

Ingredient List

• 1 Cup Sliced Almonds 
• 1 Cup Chopped Pecans
• 1 Cup Unsweetened Shredded Coconut
• 1/2 Cup Pumpkin Seeds
• 1/3 Cup Erythritol
• 1/4 Cup Jocko Vanilla Protein Powder
• 1/2 Cup Almond Flower
• 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter (Important: use peanut butter with no added sugar)
• 3 Tablespoons Butter
• 1/4 Cup Water

How to Make Peanut Butter Power Granola

Combine your almonds, pecans, coconut, pumpkin, seeds, sweetener, protein powder, almond flour, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Using a fork or a whisk mix everything together until the ingredients have been evenly distributed.

Begin by preheating the oven to 300° Fahrenheit, and line a 13 x 9 baking sheet with parchment paper.

Combine your almonds, pecans, coconut, pumpkin, seeds, sweetener, protein powder, almond flour, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Using a fork or a whisk mix everything together until the ingredients have been evenly distributed.

Measure your peanut butter out and dump it into a microwavable measuring cup or bowl. (I prefer to use a microwaveable safe liquid measuring cup as the spout allows for easier pouring.) Next, add your regular butter into your dish and microwave in thirty-second increments then decrease to fifteen-second increments until both butters have melted. Stir the mixture together, and pour over your bowl of dry ingredients.

Once everything has been coated with the peanut butter mixture pour 1/4 cup of cold water over the mixture. This will cause the granola to clump, and bind together.

Now that everything has been evenly mixed press and spread the mixture as evenly as possible onto your baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Stick the baking sheet in the oven and bake for fifteen minutes. Stir your granola, then bake another fifteen minutes or until it has begun to turn golden brown. You may have to stir it a third time and bake another 5 to 7 minutes. Once the granola has turned golden, remove from the oven, and let it cool completely.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks.

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