Low Point Granola

This Low Point Granola has all the flavor without all the high calories or points. This low point granola recipe is the perfect base recipe for a delicious cereal, snack or even as a topping to your favorite yogurt parfait.

Ingredients

• 4 cups old-fashioned or quick cooking oats ( I use Trader Joe’s organic old-fashioned oats)
• 5 Tbsp sliced or silvered almonds
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla or almond extract
• ¼ tsp salt
• 5 Tbsp Better’n Peanut Butter Peanut Butter, American Dream Nut Butters or Land o’ Lakes light butter made with canola oil
• 2 Tbsp honey
• 2 Tbsp sugar free syrup ( I recommend Mrs. Butterworth’s sugar free syrup)
• 2 tbsp brown sugar substitute  ( I use Lakanto Golden Monkfruit Sweetener)
• 1 egg white

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 
2. In a large mixing bowl combine, oats, brown sugar substitute, almonds or nuts of your choice, cinnamon, and salt. Mix until well combined.
3. In a small, separate bowl, melt the peanut butter or light butter in the microwave for 30 seconds then add honey, sugar free syrup, and vanilla together. Whisk until well combined. 
4. In a separate bowl, using a hand beater, beat the egg white until it becomes foamy. 
5. Pour the egg white into the peanut butter mixture. Whisk until well combined. Drizzle mixture over the oat mixture. Stir until all the oats have been well combined.
6. Pour the granola mixture on the prepared baking sheet.
7. Using a spatula spread it out in an even layer. 
8. Using the spatula pack it gently down.
9. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden and crispy. 
10. Let it cool before breaking into clumps.
11. Serve as a cereal, snack, on top of your favorite dessert or on top of yogurt. 

Makes 24 ( 1/4 cup ) servings

2 Points® per serving

Notes

1. This low point granola can last up to 2 weeks when stored in an airtight container at room temperature.