Paleo granola with activated nuts

Lately we all see home made granola everywhere, in cool cafes, organic shops and there's recipes everywhere so I decided to give a go doing my own version of granola.
In my granola I removed the sugar and grains, reducing the carbohydrates and making it more paleo friendly. As a sugar replacement I added cranberries and dates that naturally makes the granola a bit more sweet. If you like dried apricots you can also use them.

The nuts and seeds were previously activated. You can check my recipe in here http://mymindfulbliss.blogspot.com/2017/06/paleo-muesli-with-activated-nuts.html

The final result was amazing with a granola super tasty and crunchy, without any added sugar and the best part is that it gets much cheaper to do it, instead of buying it n a supermarket over here.

The recipe is pretty easy, however I destroyed it during my first trial because I let it inside the oven too long, so the first batch came out totally roasted. I wasn't aware how sensitive the nuts are to heat.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of almonds (previously activated)
• 1 cup of cashews (previously activated)
• 1 cup of pumpkin seeds (previously activated)
• 1 cup of sunflower seeds (previously activated)
• 1 cup of flax seeds 
• 1 cup of shredded coconut 
• 1 cup of dried cranberries 
• 8 chopped dates
• 1 cup of coconut chips 
• 2 tsp of vanilla extract 
• 4 tsp of cinnamon powder 
• 1/3 cup of coconut oil 
• pinch of salt

Let's do it:

• Pre-heat the oven to 150C 
• In a cutting boards chop the almonds and cashews with a knife 
• In a bowl mix all the nuts, seeds, cranberries, shredded coconut and coconut chips 
• Add the cinnamon and salt, mix well
• Melt the coconut oil and add it to the mixture as also the vanilla extract
• Stir well 
• In a tray covered with baking sheet, pour the mixture evenly 
• Bake it for 20m, stir and add more minutes if necessary
• Allow the granola to cool down and then keep it in a glass jar

*Note* - The nuts are sensitive to high temperatures, so is better to keep an eye while they are baking to avoid them to get burned. 

*Note* - In case you don't have a way to activate the nuts, or you don't find the reason of why should you do it, you can always use normal nuts. It gets equally tasty. 

Time of Preparation: It takes 20 minutes in the oven. As I usually do a big quantity and I only have one tray, I have to it in batches so it takes me about 1h to cook all the entire granola. 

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Have a nice day and enjoy the music :)