I love food and creating new recipes. My Dark Chocolate Granola was created by myself and is great to snack on besides chips or cookies. Hope you like!
Ingredients
- cooking spray:
- brown sugar: 0.5 cup
- peanut butter: 2 Tbsp
- honey: 2 Tbsp
- butter flavored spread (such as I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread): 2 Tbsp
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- oats (such as Quaker Oats®): 2 cups
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.25 tsp
- dark chocolate chips: 0.25 cup
- sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®): 0.25 cup (optional)
- almonds: 0.25 cup (sliced, optional)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with aluminum foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
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Melt together the brown sugar, peanut butter, honey, butter flavored spread, and vanilla extract in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until well combined; remove from heat.
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Combine the oats, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. Pour the brown sugar mixture into bowl; stir well to combine. Stir in the chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and almonds. Spoon into the prepared pan; pat down and spread evenly.
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Bake in preheated oven until browned, 15 to 20 minutes.
