Small-batch Chocolate Cookie Granola

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Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Keyword: chocolate, cookie granola, easy recipes, gluten-free, granola, granola clusters, low sugar, oatmeal, plant-based, small-batch, vegan

Servings: servings

Calories: 134kcal

2 tbsp chocolate chips (28 g) or chopped chocolate
1 tbsp coconut oil (14 g) sub nut/seed butter or any other oil or (plant) butter
1 tbsp maple syrup (21 g)
pinch of salt, drop of vanilla
1 cup oats (80 g) I used half rolled half quick oats but both will work
3 tbsp flour, gf if desired (21 g) I used oat flour, sub half of this for flax seed meal for a nutritional boost!
1/4 cup chopped nuts/seeds, or chocolate chips (28 g) I used hazelnuts and some pumpkins seeds

Preheat oven to 350F and line your loaf pan with parchment.
In a medium bowl microwave chocolate and oil 30 sec at a time and stirring in between until all chocolate is melted. Stir in maple syrup, pinch of salt and a drop of vanilla.
Add your oats, flour, nuts/seeds and mix to combine. Make sure all oats are coated.
Pour this into the baking dish, gently tuck it in but don't press it down hard or you'll bake granola bars instead :) I got the best crunchy clusters when I left it somewhat loose in the pan (unfortunately not as pictured here LOL).
Bake for 25 minutes until golden on top.
Let granola cool completely (at least 1 hour, ideally refrigerate overnight) before removing from the baking dish and breaking up into clusters.
Store in a sealed container. Enjoy!