Warming, crunchy, full of goodness and one of the best things to have on demand in the kitchen! Be it with thick, Greek yoghurt or your choice of milk, it’s the favourite granola recipe I’ve made and also the simplest, hurrah!

You’ll find plenty of healthy granola recipes online but most of them contain a whole pot of honey or enough medjool dates to sink a battle ship. This one? Just 3tbs of maple syrup for the whole recipe, thank me later ;). It’s also full of energy-rich nuts and seeds to even out blood sugar levels throughout the morning and keep you feeling fuller for longer.

Included is a lovely berry compote made with fresh strawberries and blueberries that pairs perfectly with the crunch of the nuts and seeds.

No matter if you were here with me on my last morning in snowy Morzine or overlooking a beach with the sun shining, granola is an all-weather easy breakfast that will have everyone smiling! I’ve teamed up with Marks and Spencer to create this recipe for you guys to showcase what yummy things can be created with few ingredients! They have a ‘Make It Your Own’ range which I used for the base – it’s a mix of oats, spelt, rice flakes and milled golden flaxseeds which gives this cinnamon and maple recipe a certain je ne sais quoi!

You can now find M&S food stores in the Mall of Emirates as well as Festival City and Ibn Battuta Mall … which for a British expat living in Dubai is music to my ears!

Maple Cinnamon Crunch Granola with Berry Compote

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

25 mins

 

Author: Lean Living Girl

Serves: 5 servings

Ingredients

Granola Mix

• 2 ½ cups / 300g of M&S multigrain muesli mix
• 2 tbs unmelted coconut oil (3 tbs when melted)
• 4 tsp cinnamon
• 3 tbs / 45ml maple syrup
• ½ cup / 60g Pecans
• ¼ cup / 35g sunflower seeds
• ¼ cup / 40g pumpkin seeds
• ¼ cup / 50g dried blueberries

Berry Compote

• 100g strawberries
• 100g blueberries
• 1 tsp maple syrup
• 1 tbs water

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. Mix all the granola ingredients together in a bowl, except the dried blueberries, until well combined. Spread the granola out evenly on a baking tray.
3. After 10 minutes, give the granola a good stir.
4. Bake for a total of 20 minutes or until golden brown. Add the dried blueberries to the mixture when it’s out of the oven.
5. Whilst the granola is in it’s last 5 minutes of baking, start making the compote.
6. Chop up the strawberries into small pieces and add to a pan with the blueberries, maple syrup and water.
7. Cover the pan and leave to cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the berries have softened.
8. Serve the granola with the berry compote and greek yoghurt or your choice of milk.

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