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Nutritious Butternut Squash Cinnamon Granola; May Simpkin Nutrition
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Butternut Squash Cinnamon Granola

This nutritious Butternut Squash Cinnamon Granola uses butternut squash to provide sweetness whilst boosting the nutrient content and can be used as a topping with yoghurt, but as it’s so delicious, do watch the portion sizes! Makes an ideal portable snack.
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Course: Breakfast, Snack
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

This Butternut Squash Cinnamon Granola is packed with….
  • 150 g ground almonds
  • 150 g flaked almonds
  • 100 g unsweetened coconut flakes
  • 150 g pumpkin seeds or mixed sunflower sesame & pumpkin
  • 2 tbsp flaxseed – ground
  • 50 g chia seeds
  • 200 g pecans chopped
  • 150 g oats
  • 125 g coconut oil melted
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 400 g butternut squash baked and then pureed or pumpkin (Alternative: use a tinned pumpkin)
  • 2 tbsp cinnamon
  • Pinch sea salt
[Using organic ingredients, where possible, will reduce the nasties and will enhance the taste of the granola]

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 180oC and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. In a large bowl, combine coconut flakes, almonds, pumpkin seeds and pecans, ground almonds, flaxseed, chia seeds, oats
  3. In a blender, combine the pumpkin/butternut squash, coconut oil, maple syrup and cinnamon, vanilla extract
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until thoroughly coated.
    [ Thermomix Instructions: peel & chop butternut squash into cubes, put into TH bowl. Blend 5 secs, Speed 4.5. Scrape down the sides and Blend for 1 sec, Speed 5. Cook for 10mins | 100 degrees | Speed 1 and then blend for 20secs | speed 10 ]
  5. Spread the granola in a thin layer on a baking sheet, using 2 if necessary.
  6. Cook for 30-45 mins turning regularly to prevent burning. I tend to set a timer to check every 8-10mins to make sure the edges don’t overcook.
Variation:
  1. Replace some of the oats with quinoa, buckwheat, rice flakes. 
  2. Add a spoonful of cocoa powder for a chocolate version  

Notes

If you prefer not to bake the pumpkin, you can puree it after cooking/steaming in a saucepan. Simply peel and chop it into cubes, blend it in a food processor to small pieces. Then transfer to a saucepan or steaming tray over a saucepan and cook for 20mins over a low heat to soften. When it is cooked, it can be blended to a smooth puree, either in a food processor or using a hand blender.