Protein Granola

[judanna77 45]

I recently bought a bunch of whey Protein crunchies and have been having fun coming up with ways to use them. One of my favorites has been to make my own high-protein "granola" out of them. I sprinkle it over greek yogurt, or sometimes just pour a little milk over it and have ti like Cereal. My recipe always changes based on what I have available at home, but I just made a batch that I really liked so thought I would share it with you all.

Protein Granola

100 grams whey crunchies

14 grams cacao nibs

15 grams unsweetened coconut flakes

56 grams almonds, chopped roughly

1/2 cup dried unsweetened cranberries (I make my own using frozen whole cranberries. Just heat them in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes, then take them out and smoosh them down with a spoon, then put back in the oven and lower the heat to about 225 degrees and cook until they dry out.)

1/2 cup Water

1/2 cup Swerve sweetener (Serve is my sweetener of choice, but I'm guessing you can use whatever sweetener works best for you)

1 tsp blackstrap molasses

spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, etc) to taste

In a small saucepan, mix the water, Swerve, and molasses and heat over a medium heat for about 10 minutes. The mixture will boil and should reduce down to a light syrupy texture. Take off heat and add in the spices.

Mix all the other ingredients together in a mixing bowl, then pour the Syrup mixture over it and mix together well so that all pieces get coated in it. Spread onto a cookie sheet and put into a 250 degree oven. After 45 minutes, take the cookie sheet out and mix everything together with a spoon, then spread it out on the sheet again and put it back in the over for another 30-45 minutes, until it is dry.

The recipe makes 10 28-gram servings, which each have 100 calories, 4 grams net carbs (I don't count Fiber or the Swerve, so your own counts may vary), and 9 grams protein. You can easily add more protein per serving my using more whey crunchies or fewer nuts.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

Watch the heat with whey Protein, heat breaks the protein down. I would never cook it at a temp over 275

Edited August 17, 2016 by OutsideMatchInside

[Montana Gal 448]

@@judanna77, looks really good! Where did you find whey crunchies?

[LisaMergs 2,857]

Dang! How did I miss this? Looks great! Thanks!

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