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Seriously?! Cereal as Raisin Bran (thank you, Pastor Alaska, for another clever saying). But really, I’m not kidding. I have for you today one splendid, crunchy bowl of banana chocolate hazelnut breakfast amazingness.
I always wait until my boys are off to school before I eat my breakfast. This morning, when the house had quieted down, I grabbed my bowl of Great Grains cereal, sat down at my computer, and a lightbulb turned on in my head. Zing. I didn’t really want this bowl of cereal. What I wanted was homemade Nutella Granola. And what goes perfectly with Nutella? Bananas, of course! Just like that, a recipe was born. My brain is funny that way.
Ingredients
- 2-1/2c rolled oats
- 1-1/2c crispy rice cereal
- 1/2t salt
- 1/4c Nutella
- 1/4c honey
- 1T butter, melted
- 1/2 ripe banana, mashed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325. Prepare a large baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- In a bowl, mix together oats, crispy rice cereal, and salt. Set aside.
- In a microwave-safe dish, heat Nutella and honey together for about 20 seconds or until thin enough to stir together easily.
- To a blender, add Nutella and honey mixture, melted butter, and mashed banana. Blend until smooth. Pour over oat mixture and stir until coated.
- Spread granola onto the baking sheet in one layer. Bake in oven for 15 minutes. Flip granola over using a spatula (this won't be perfect, just flip it in segments). Bake for another 10-15 minutes until mostly dry (will dry out more as it cools) and beginning to brown.
- Let cool on cooling rack then crumble. Store in an airtight container.
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