If you’re a coffee lover and if you love a bit of granola in your bowl of yogurt, you’re going to love this coffee granola recipe. It’s easy to make and so tasty!
Coffee granola
My daily bowl of yogurt for breakfast includes some cereal or granola and fresh fruit. I regularly try different store-bought granola packages, but I also often make my own granola mixture. I have made quite a few different granola flavors and this is my latest granola addition which is absolutely delicious.
The fun part about any granola recipe is that you can mix and match and add whatever you like. With boxes from the grocery stores it’s maybe not exactly what you would like. I’ll give a few options below of things that would work really well with this coffee granola.
What do you need?
To begin with the things that I added to my batch of homemade granola:
- rolled oats (old-fashioned oats) – you can also use steel-cut oats
- hazelnuts – use raw nuts as they will be roasted in the oven
- pumpkin seeds
- sunflower seeds
- instant coffee powder – or use espresso powder. You don’t use ground coffee or the actual coffee as that won’t give the desired result and will be too much liquid.
- honey – or replace with maple syrup for a vegan version.
- sunflower oil – or use a mild olive oil or melted coconut oil
In addition to the above you could add different kinds of nuts. Sometimes I use mixed nuts and sometimes I go for just one type of nut. Like I did here.
Coconut flakes are also great to add, as well as flax seeds or chia seeds. Once the granola is baked you can add other things like cacao nibs or chocolate chips. Love adding some chocolate in!
You could even sprinkle some cocoa powder through the mix prior to baking. If you do, keep in mind that the end result will be a bit darker.
In terms of the coffee flavor taste a bit of your mix to find out if you like the flavor or if you want a more intense coffee flavor. Keep in mind that once baked it will not be as strong.
