Granola Butter – Eating Bird Food

This creamy granola butter is made with rolled oats, nuts, coconut, cinnamon, maple syrup and coconut oil. It’s scrumptious as a ramification on toast or by itself by the spoonful! Vegan + gluten-free.

As most of you realize, I like my nut butters (peanut butter and almond butter are my go-to’s), however recently I’ve been hooked on granola butter!

In the event you’ve by no means heard of or tried granola butter earlier than it’s mainly simply granola that’s blended as much as kind a creamy spreadable butter that has the identical consistency as some other nut or seed butter you’re aware of.

For this recipe, we’re combining nuts, oats, coconut, spices, oil and maple syrup which tastes like an oatmeal cookie in spreadable kind. Significantly, it’s so good… when you strive it you’ll end up consuming it by the spoonful (solely talking from expertise right here!).

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Nutrient-dense. Granola butter is filled with wholesome fat, fiber and protein.
• Might be loved in quite a lot of methods – as a ramification, topping or eaten by the spoonful!
• Tremendous straightforward to make. It comes collectively shortly with simply 8 easy components.
• Might be personalized to suit your dietary wants and what you may have available.

Components Wanted

• rolled oats – the bottom for this granola butter. I take advantage of Bob’s Pink Mill rolled oats. Simply make sure you seize gluten-free oats if wanted.
• chopped nuts – provides a nutty taste and when blended up the nuts launch oils to assist create a clean, creamy texture. I used uncooked almonds, however be happy to make use of your favourite number of nuts. Pecans, walnuts or cashews would all work nicely.
• shredded coconut – when toasted with the remainder of the components, shredded coconut provides a pleasant taste to this recipe.
• sweetener – be happy to make use of your favourite liquid sweetener, however I’d suggest utilizing maple syrup or honey for the most effective taste.
• coconut oil or olive oil – helps all of the components mix collectively properly and creates a clean, creamy texture.
• vanilla extract – a pleasant taste enhancer.
• cinnamon – provides a touch of spice and heat to the granola butter.
• sea salt – to convey all of the flavors collectively!
• raisins or dried cranberries – that is elective, however would add a pleasant burst of pure sweetness.

Methods to Make

This granola butter recipe is fairly simple! Right here’s learn how to make it:

Mix: In a big mixing bowl, mix the oats, chopped nuts and shredded coconut. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk collectively the honey or maple syrup, melted coconut oil, vanilla extract and salt. Pour the moist components over the dry components and blend till nicely mixed.

Bake: Unfold the combination evenly onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 350°F, or till the granola is golden brown and aromatic, stirring often. Take away the granola from the oven and let it cool fully.

Mix: As soon as cooled, switch the granola to a meals processor. Mix till the granola turns into a butter consistency, about 15-20 minutes, stopping to scrape the edges down and giving the meals processor a break now and again.

Get pleasure from: Stir within the raisins or dried cranberries, if utilizing. Get pleasure from instantly, or retailer for later!

Granola Butter Variations

• chocolate – combine in cocoa powder or cacao powder for a chocolate twist!
• cookie dough – stir in chocolate chips to the blended granola butter for a cookie dough vibe.
• spiced – add extra spices like cardamom, ginger, allspice and/or nutmeg for a spiced granola butter.
• pumpkin – make this pumpkin granola and mix it as much as make pumpkin granola butter!
• strawberry – stir in some freeze-dried strawberries for a fruit twist!

Methods to Use

This recipe is extremely versatile and can be utilized similar to you’ll some other nut or seed butter. Listed below are some concepts:

• Unfold on toast or an english muffin. I like topping my selfmade sourdough with granola butter.
• Combine right into a smoothie. Combine it into any recipe that requires nut or seed butter.
• Make granola butter cups. Swap the peanut butter for granola butter on this easy peanut butter cup recipe!
• Make protein balls. Change the nut or seed butter in any of my protein ball recipes with granola butter.
• Combine into brownies or cookies. Use granola butter rather than peanut butter in these oatmeal cookies for the final word deal with.
• Combine into in a single day oats or a standard bowl of oatmeal.
• Drizzle over yogurt or make my whipped yogurt bowl with granola butter rather than peanut butter!
• Use it as a dip. This recipe would make for an awesome dip for recent fruit like apples, bananas or strawberries.

Methods to Retailer

At room temperature: Retailer at room temp for 1-2 weeks in a cool, darkish cabinet.

Within the fridge: Retailer within the fridge for about one month. It would solidify barely within the fridge, however you possibly can simply convey it to room temp or microwave it for a couple of seconds to convey it again to a runny consistency.

I like utilizing mason jars or Weck jars to retailer my granola butter in.

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