Tropical Granola + A New Look!

5 from 1 vote

Homemade tropical granola with toasted coconut, mangoes, mandarins and pineapple! Enjoy as breakfast or snack.

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Easy homemade granola with the goodness of tropical fruits. Packed with delicious flavors, this tropical granola will be your new favorite breakfast!

Tropical Granola Recipe

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And now on to today’s recipe. Do you buy granola from stores? I used to, but that was some 2-3 years back. Once I made it at home, I never looked back. Actually I still buy a lot of stuff from stores because you know sometimes shortcuts are important and there’s no harm in taking them. However granola is too simple to make at home, so simple that it feels almost ridiculous to buy it from the grocery stores now. If you don’t believe me than you have to try making it at home once.

Tropical Fruit Granola

Homemade granola is easily customizable. You add to it whatever you like and you can also change flavors according to season. For example, it’s all sunny and bright these days and tropical fruits are in season and so I made this Tropical Granola. This granola has coconut, mangoes, pineapple and mandarins and is really bursting with flavors. I can’t tell you guys how good it was with that blueberry yogurt. Actually that’s what I ate for lunch yesterday. Have you ever done that? Granola for lunch? I guess it’s reasonably okay to eat granola for lunch or dinner if it’s as delicious as this tropical granola!

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You can alter this recipe as per your liking. For example you may add other tropical fruits like papaya and banana too. I think banana chips would be great here. You can also use other nuts like macadamia nuts  or cashews here. To make it vegan, use maple syrup in place of honey. Make this batch of

 

Method

Pre heat oven to 350 F degrees. Place the unsweetened coconut flakes in a baking pan. Toast at 350 degrees for 7-8 minutes stirring in between till the coconut flakes are toasted and browned.Set aside.

To a bowl add rolled oats, salt, ground ginger and chopped pecans. Set aside.

To a small pan, add honey, coconut oil and almond extract. Heat it a little till everything combines well together.

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Pour the wet ingredients into the dry. Mix till the oats are well moistened with the honey and coconut oil.

Transfer the mixture into a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread the mixture as a single layer. Bake at 325 F degrees for 30-35 minutes, stirring after every 10 minutes.

Remove granola from oven and let it cool down a bit. Once it has cooled down, add toasted coconut and dried tropical fruits. Tropical Granola Recipe-Step-2

Store your homemade tropical granola in airtight container and enjoy with milk, yogurt or as  snack!

HomemadeTropical Granola

Tropical Granola

5 from 1 vote
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Total: 40 minutes
Servings: 5 cups
Homemade tropical granola with toasted coconut, mangoes, mandarins and pineapple! Enjoy as breakfast or snack.

Ingredients 

  • 3 cups rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 3.5 tablespoons coconut oil melted
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1.25 cups dried tropical fruits I used mix of pineapple, mango and mandarins
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Instructions 

  • Pre-heat oven to 350 F degrees.
  • Place the unsweetened coconut flakes in a baking pan. Toast at 350 degrees for 7-8 minutes stirring in between till the coconut flakes are toasted and browned.Set aside.
  • To a bowl add rolled oats, salt, ground ginger and chopped pecans. Set aside.
  • To a small pan, add honey, coconut oil and almond extract. Heat it a little till everything combines well together. Meanwhile reduce the oven temperature to 325 F degrees.
  • Pour the wet ingredients into the dry. Mix till the oats are well moistened with the honey and coconut oil.
  • Transfer the mixture into a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread the mixture as a single layer. Bake at 325 F degrees for 30-35 minutes, stirring after every 10 minutes.
  • Remove granola from oven and let it cool down a bit. Once it has cooled down, add toasted coconut and dried tropical fruits.
  • Store your homemade tropical granola in airtight container and enjoy with milk, yogurt or as snack!

Nutrition

Calories: 516kcal, Carbohydrates: 64g, Protein: 8g, Fat: 27g, Saturated Fat: 16g, Sodium: 127mg, Potassium: 342mg, Fiber: 8g, Sugar: 27g, Vitamin A: 180IU, Vitamin C: 1.5mg, Calcium: 38mg, Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: World
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18 Comments

  1. I LOVE dried tropical fruits, so I’m 100% I would love this granola! Great idea!

  2. Wow! Love the new look of your site, Manali. And this tropical granola looks delicious!

  3. Your blog looks great. I really like the new logo. Nice granola too! 🙂

  4. Great new design! I really love it all. All the updates are wonderful. I had fun just now clicking around!
    And of course, the granola ain’t too shabby either. 🙂

  5. Great design girlfriend and know what I am in the middle of getting my site redesigned too!! Looks great and love the colors!

  6. The new design looks great! Homemade granola is probably the only granola I like. Yours looks fantastic.

  7. Love the new design, Manali! And the new logo is fab! Speaking of fab- this granola! Tropical heaven and so perfect for summer!! Cheers, friend!

  8. I loooove the new design, Manali! Your husband is super-talented! And this granola is seriously making me drool because I am ALL about the tropical things lately. This would be so good with yogurt and fresh pineapple!

  9. Manali! We’re like two peas in a pod. I’m in the middle of redesigning my site, and I just posted granola today, too. Hah! You know what they say…great minds think alike, right? 🙂 But anyhoo, I’m digging the tropical angle to this granola. I need to give this one a shot next time I make a batch. Thanks for the idea!

  10. Congrats on the new blog design! It looks great, Manali! And this granola looks fantastic, love the tropical flavor!

  11. I am LOVING the new look of your blog. It’s really clean and fresh and super easy to navigate too.
    I am thinking of having a change up on my blog too, now that I am back from holiday.