PB&J Cookie Granola
 
 
Makes about 4 cups
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil, room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons creamy or crunchy peanut butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup whole wheat flour
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2½ cups rolled oats
  • 3 tablespoons blueberry (or your favorite flavor) preserves
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, or in a bowl with a hand-held mixer, beat the coconut oil, peanut butter and sugar on high speed until smooth and creamy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and beat until well combined.
  3. Add the flours, baking soda and salt and mix until just combined. Then add the oats and stir with a wooden spoon. When the ingredients start to come together, add the preserves and use your hands to continue mixing until all the oats are covered with dough.
  4. Squeeze off chunks of dough and loosely break them apart over the baking sheet, creating large clumps.
  5. Bake the cranola for 15 minutes, remove from the oven and stir gently. Bake for an additional 10 minutes, remove from the oven and stir gently. Bake for an additional 10-15 minutes until clumps are dry.
  6. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cranola cool completely. It will harden as it cools.
  7. Store cranola in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week, if it lasts that long.
Recipe by Two of a Kind at http://www.twoofakindcooks.com/pbj-cookie-granola/