Peanut Butter Chocolate Granola Time

Ingredients

3/4 of cup of sugar (I used caster but any sugar will do)

1/2 cup of cocoa powder

1/2 cup of soya milk (any non-dairy milk is fine)

1/2 cup of water

2 or 3 tablespoons of peanut butter (smooth or crunchy will work)

8 tablespoons of oil (vegetable or olive)

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

5 cups of oats

3 tablespoons of flax seeds

1/4 cup of pecans

1/4 cup of dried cranberries

1/4 cup of flaked coconut

50g of chopped dark chocolate

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 150c (fan)

2. Mix together in a large bowl sugar, cocoa, milk, water, peanut butter, oil, salt and vanilla.

3. Add oats, flax seeds, pecans, cranberries and flaked coconut

4. Spread the mixture evenly onto two lined baking trays. The mixture will take approximately 45 minutes to cook and become dry. Check the mixture every 20 minutes and give it a stir and a mix up to create little granola nuggets.

5. Allow to cool on baking trays for approximately 30 minutes. When cool, mix in chopped chocolate and store in air tight container.

The granola will keep for approximately a month and makes between 10 to 15 servings.

This is a perfect grab and go breakfast. I just pick up a tub full and mix with soya milk when I get to work. Simple and easy.