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Golden Buckwheat Granola {Crunchy, Low Sugar, High Flavor}

This gluten free buckwheat granola is wildly crunchy, brimming with vanilla, cinnamon and kissed with maple syrup. Breakfast just got better friend!

Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine gluten-free, vegan
Keyword buckwheat, cereal, granola
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 10 1/2 cup servings
Author Lindsay Navama

Ingredients

  • 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats I use Bob'd Red Mill gluten free
  • 1 1/2 cups buckwheat groats
  • 3/4 cup shelled pumpkin seeds or pepitas sub shelled sunflower seeds or nuts of choice
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon I like ceylon cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons ground turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt or sea salt
  • 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted sub olive oil if preferred
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup OR agave
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract optional or sub 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 cup dried white mulberries (these add the best crunch!) sub goji berries OR golden berries OR coconut

Instructions

Prep

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F

  2. Lightly oil a baking sheet or line with a silicone baking mat (caring for the planet - YAY you!)

Mix Dry Ingredients

  1. In large bowl, mix together oats, buckwheat, pumpkin seeds, cinnamon, turmeric, and salt. Set aside.

Mix Wet Ingredients

  1. Place coconut oil, maple syrup, and vanilla in small saucepan. Bring mixture to a simmer over medium heat, whisking often to prevent sugar from burning. Simmer for about two minutes, until mixture is fully combined. Remove from heat.

Toss to Coat

  1. Pour the warm coconut oil mixture over the oat mixture and toss to evenly coat all the oats, groats and seeds, using a spatula or large wooden spoon.

Bake

  1. Spread the granola out evenly on your baking sheet.

  2. Bake for 20 minutes, then sprinkle mulberries over the granola and give it all a good stir to ensure everything browns evenly. Bake for another 10 minutes.

  3. Remove from oven and let granola cool, then enjoy as much as you want (you made it!) before storing in an air tight container, like a mason jar, at room temperature for 2 weeks, or freeze for one month.

WARNING

  1. Sharing GOLDEN GRANOLA can get kinda intense! Friends will start craving that craaaazzaaay-crunch and may stop by unannounced for breakfast. They'll wanna know where all that crunchy-crunch comes from! Psssst ... it's the buckwheat groats and don't call them grains, grain but a seed. A super crunchy, delicious AND nutritious addition to make granola extra great! I mean ... is there anything more cozy-delicious than a mason jar filled with homemade granola? #greatgranola