It is Peanut Butter Bash time again and thankfully I am not alone this month! 😀 If you love peanut butter as much as I do and you fancy joining in the fun then check out the end of the post. Meanwhile relax and lets enjoy a little breakfast together with this tasty Peanut Butter and Coffee Granola.
Breakfast Obsession
It’s now official, I am completely obsessed with breakfast foods, almost half of my blog posts are breakfast recipes. I don’t know why because 99% of the time I am a coffee and toast girl or if I have a few minutes extra I’ll have a little cereal with a chopped up banana on top. Nothing fancy or overly complicated to make because at 5am in the morning I am not at my best! I Just need something to get me through the morning till my morning break.
This month as I am sure you have worked out, we were mixing peanut butter with coffee. I am a complete coffee addict. I have far too many cups a day and I shift to decaf in the later part of the day so I can continue drinking more coffee. And the great thing about this recipe and all the others this month, is we get to eat our coffee as well as drink it! Coffee addicts rejoice.
If you love peanut butter and you love coffee then this peanut butter and coffee granola is for you.
Add-Ins
As with any homemade granola the add-ins are easy to swap out for your favourite things or possible to just leave out all together. Even plain this peanut butter and coffee granola is very flavoursome but whats the fun in homemade granola if we can’t have some add-ins.
I used granola staples; sultanas, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries. Then to add a little colour and naughtiness I added in multi coloured chocolate covered sunflower seeds. If you can’t get hold of these delightfully coloured chocolaty treats then normal chocolate chips will make a great substitution. Or go wild and add in something completely different like dried banana chips. Honestly anything goes.
Recipe:
Peanut Butter and Coffee Granola {Vegan}
Ingredients
For The Peanut Butter Granola
- 50 grams rolled oats (1/2 cup)
- 25 grams quinoa (1/8 cup)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons light agave nectar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
For The Coffee Granola
- 50 grams rolled oats (1/2 cup)
- 25 grams quinoa (1/8 cup)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 teaspoon instant espresso - divided
- 2 tablespoons light agave nectar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Add-Ins
- 50 grams sultanas (1/3 cup)
- 45 grams dried cranberries (1/3 cup)
- 50 grams pumpkin seeds (1/3 cup)
- 70 grams chocolate covered sunflower seeds (1/3 cup)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 160C / 325F / Gas mark 3 and line a large baking sheet with baking parchment or use a silicone baking mat, then place it to one side.
- First we are going to make the peanut butter granola. In a medium sized mixing bowl add in the oats, quinoa and cinnamon and give it a little mix together.
- In a small microwavable receptacle add in the light argave nectar, vanilla extract and peanut butter and heat for 30 seconds. Stir it all together and pout it over your oats.
- Using a spoon or your hands mix until all of the oats have been coated and are starting to clump together. Pour the oaty clumps onto one half of your prepared baking sheet.
- Next we are going to make the coffee granola. Using a clean medium sized bowl add in your oats, quinoa, ground cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of your instant espresso.
- In another microwavable receptacle add in the light agave nectar and vanilla extract and microwave for 30 seconds.
- Once out of the microwave add in the remaining instant espresso and stir it in.
- Pour this sweet coffee liquid over your oats and as before mix it all together until all of the oats are coated and become a bit clumpy like they did for the peanut butter granola.
- Spread the oats over the other half of your baking tray and pop your tray into your preheated oven.
- After 10 minutes take your oats out and give them a stir and flip them over and pop them back in the oven for a further 10 minutes.
- Once the baking time is up take them out of the oven but leave them on the hot tray to fully cool down. The granola will crisp up as it cools down.
- Once the granola is at room temperature measure out your add-ins.
- Pour them onto the baking sheet with your cooled granola and mix everything together.
- Put your finished granola in an airtight container and it should keep well for 2-3 weeks.
Notes
Join In The Fun.
Do you want to join in the peanut butter bash fun? If you do, then leave a comment below saying you wish to join and we will get back to you ASAP! The deal is the first Thursday of each month we post a dish with peanut butter and one different ingredient to see what we can come up with. There is also a Facebook group if you want to join in the fun, but don’t have your own blog. The Peanut Butter Recipe Box. Here are the other peanut butter and coffee dishes for your enjoyment.
Mocha No Bake Cookies from Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt
Espresso Brownies with Peanut Butter Caramel Sauce from Simply Made Recipes
Coffee Peanut Butter Bars from Kleinworth & Co.
Peanut Butter Mocha Squares from The Queen of Delicious
Hazelnut, Peanut Butter & Coffee Protein Shake from The First-Taste
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This granola looks and sounds amazing! I can definitely snack on this all day long!! Love the peanut butter and coffee combo!
Granola is great for snacking on, especially the homemade stuff 😀
Well this is just the best sounding granola!! Peanut butter + coffee?? Yes yes!
Thanks Ashley 😀
I never say no to homemade granola! I’ve yet to taste a pb version, but I know I’d love it!!
Hi Liz, pb granola is great I am sure you would love it!
This looks great I love all the colours too. Coffee granola sounds like it’s definitely worth a try!
Thanks Caroline, coffee granola is definitely the way forward in the morning!
This definetely is my kind of a granola! I have never even heard of chocolate covered sunflower seeds and got a little obsessed to find them here, though I don’t think they fit my refined sugar free diet..
Anyways, your granola is a must try!
Hi Veera, chocolate covered sunflower seeds are really tricky to come by and I buy them online from America, because I wanted the chocolate vegan they were pretty expensive but because they are so colourful and tasty I just can’t resist!
Have you ever made granola bars, if you have then I would like the recipe!
Hi Ruth, only a few but you check out them out here:
https://baketheneat.com/apricot-and-white-chocolate-chip-granola-bars/
https://baketheneat.com/sunflower-seed-granola-bars/
This looks so beautiful, crunchy an delicious!
Thanks Kushi 😀
This is so creative and love the peanut butter and espresso mix! Would be a great snack to grab running out the door in the morning!
Thank you Amber 🙂 it does make a great snack for grazing on during the day!
This reminds me that I haven’t made granola in a while and should start a batch soon! They look crunchy and delicious, Emma.
Thanks Angie, it had been far too long since my last batch as well 🙂