Artificial Food Coloring Free Paleo Nut & Seed Granola
Crunchy, golden, and deeply satisfying, this nut and seed granola is the kind of breakfast or snack that makes you wonder why you ever bought the packaged stuff. Store-bought granola is one of the sneakiest sources of synthetic dyes — bright coatings, artificially tinted dried fruits, and mystery "natural flavors" that aren't always as clean as they sound. Every ingredient here is exactly what it says it is: raw nuts, seeds, coconut, maple syrup, and warm spices like cinnamon and ginger. Melted coconut oil binds everything together beautifully, and a firm press with the spatula before cooling is the secret to those satisfying, chunky clusters. The low-and-slow 300°F bake coaxes out deep, toasty flavor without burning the delicate coconut or nuts. If you add the optional dried cranberries or raisins, just reach for a variety with no added color — plain sun-dried fruit keeps the whole batch as clean as the rest of it. Store the clusters in an airtight container and you've got a week's worth of genuinely wholesome, colorant-free snacking ready to go.
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8 servings
- 1 cup raw almonds, roughly chopped
- ½ cup raw pecans, roughly chopped
- ½ cup raw cashews, roughly chopped
- ½ cup raw walnut halves, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup raw pumpkin seeds
- ¼ cup raw sunflower seeds
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 3 tbsp coconut oil, melted
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- ½ cup dried cranberries or raisins (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C). Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 2
In a large mixing bowl, combine the almonds, pecans, cashews, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, and shredded coconut. Toss to mix evenly.
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