One of my go-to snacks is yogurt with granola and fresh fruit. It’s the perfect size for a mid-day snack and it isn’t too unhealthy. I have shared two other granola recipes {you can see the original homemade granola HERE and the peanut butter granola HERE} and they have been such a hit, I thought I would experiment with different flavors. I had wanted to come up with a granola that would work well with vanilla yogurt and a granola that would not require incorporating fruit on top. After some brainstorming, I came up with this carrot cake granola that is not only delicious, but much healthier than the actual cake itself. And, as far as taste goes, it’s pretty close match to real carrot cake, too! Check out this easy, homemade granola recipe below.
Carrot Cake Granola
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup coconut
- 1 cup almonds, sliced
- 1 cup dried carrot slices
- 1 cup raisins
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup honey
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the oil and honey together in a medium-sized bowl. Pour over the rest of the ingredients. Transfer granola mixture to a rimmed 13 x 9 baking sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Cook for 30-35 minutes. Allow to cool before using on top of yogurt. Enjoy!
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Oh my heavens what fun!!! This looks delicious and I absolutely love granola with my yogurt, this will be great with vanilla greek! Come over to the Blended Blog today and link this up! I'm hosting Tasty Tuesday!
I was just thinking this morning of what to put on my yogurt because I'm so tired of the same old stuff! And you can never go wrong with carrot cake anything, right?! 🙂 Hope you are having a great week!
Shauna
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I never would have come up with carrot cake granola, but this sounds so delicious! It's great twist on a classic dessert!
I lovee carrot cake, and now that it's in healthy granola form, omgosh, I'm drooling!!
Tina
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Wow! I've never tried anything like this before, it looks and sounds super delicious and healthy! I love carrot cake (now I'm craving it, lol) so I'll have to try my hand at this one. Thanks for sharing, beauty, and I hope you're having a great day so far!
XO,
Jalisa
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Carrot cake is my fave & this would be the perfect on-the-go snack – thanks for sharing your recipe with us over at the Creative K Kids' Tasty Tuesday & I hope you'll join us again this week!