 Today we're making grain-free granola. Now what does that mean grain-free? Any ideas? Well that means we're not using oats. And that means that this recipe will be low in carbs. So if you wanna cut your carbs a little bit, you're gonna wanna pay attention to this recipe because it's really delicious too. I'm also gonna save you some money because if you were to buy a package of grain-free granola from the store, you get like an eight ounce package, like you see here, for like $7.50. That's pretty expensive. Well now we're gonna make a whole big sheet tray of it and it's gonna be super delicious, nice and crunchy, just the right amount of sweetness. You can always play with that a little bit and you're gonna love it. I'm Rockin' Robin and I'm gonna show you how to do it right after my chef joke. Okay, so we'll start off here with chef joke number one and I think we're gonna have two, maybe three in this video just because they're kinda cute. All right, here we go. What did one nut say to the other as he was leaving? Cashew later. Okay, so let's get started by going over our ingredients. I just wanna show you what they are at first and you can sub in different nuts if you don't like some of these and you're free to do whatever you want. Okay, so first off we have some shredded coconut here that's unsweetened and that way we can control the sugar. I've got some raw walnut pieces here. I got this from Trader Joe's, has a nice selection. Not everything's organic but here we have some raw pecan pieces, raw sunflower seeds, raw sliced almonds and some chia seeds and you can also use pumpkin seeds if you can find them as well. Now to season this up I'm using some cinnamon, I like cinnamon so you can use anywhere between a teaspoon and two. Some vanilla extract, the real deal, and some salt. Now to sweeten up our granola I'm gonna use a little bit of organic coconut sugar that you see here. I've got some coconut oil and a little bit of maple syrup and a little bit of almond butter. So the first thing we're gonna do in making this is we're gonna get a saucepan and we're gonna add to it our coconut oil, our maple syrup, our coconut sugar, our almond butter and we're gonna heat that up. I have this on over low heat and it's already starting to melt so we just wanna get this nicely combined and you can actually taste it. Once everything's melted and stirred together you can go ahead and taste it and see how sweet it is and get an idea. Okay and then once you turn off the heat you can add about a teaspoon, a teaspoon and a half of vanilla extract. And the vanilla also helps to bring out more sweetness without actually adding more sugar. So now in our big bowl we're going to start putting all our nuts and coconut into it. That's our coated coconut and if you like a lot of coconut you can add more. You know you can play with this recipe so it's however you wanna do it. Here are your walnuts, here's the pecans. Now some of these pieces are very large and maybe some of you like, you know like this is very large, some of you like bigger pieces I like to break them up a little bit so I just get in there with my hands and I just kinda crunch them up cause I like smaller granola. Now that I've got all these broken up into the size I want I'm gonna add some sliced almonds, here's the sunflower seeds and last but not least some chia seeds. Next goes some cinnamon and I like cinnamon so I go a little heavier on the cinnamon than some people, somewhere between a teaspoon and two and a pinch of salt. That's probably about a quarter of a teaspoon or so and then I'm gonna mix that all up and now it's time for our sauce to go right over the top and you wanna mix that up. Let's give it a good toss. My oven is preheating to 300 degrees Fahrenheit and I have a baking sheet lined with parchment paper which you're gonna wanna use just so it doesn't stick to your pan. So once the nuts are completely coated with the sauce pour them onto the baking sheet. So spread the nuts out at the back of a spoon so that they're in a nice flat layer. I'm gonna bake this in the oven at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for about 30 minutes and we'll stir it about halfway through that time. I think it's time for Chef Joke number two. You ready? Here we go. What is a nuts favorite scary movie? Now think about this now. The creature from the black legume. So here we are at 15 minutes into the cooking time and I'm gonna give it a nice stir. You can see it's nice and golden brown already but it still needs to go a few more minutes, another 15 to get really nice and crunchy. I ended up cooking the granola for 30 minutes at about 300 degrees Fahrenheit and I stirred it a couple of times and look at, it's nice and golden brown. It's perfect. I'm letting it cool right now. It's pretty hot. All right, let's take a little taste. It's got a soft crunch. It's not real hard and crispy, flavorful. I taste the cinnamon, the vanilla. All those flavors together, delicious. Not too sweet. I don't like it too sweet but if you like it sweeter than this and this is plenty for me, add more coconuts, sugar or the maple syrup. Either one will do it. This will keep a good two weeks, maybe three weeks in the refrigerator. If it lasts that long, this is not gonna last very long. I love to serve this over yogurt for breakfast. This is so good, you're gonna love this. Here's always a big question. What's for dinner tonight? Well, I think you should try my lemon basil chicken. It is very delicious, very easy to put together and you're gonna love it. I hope you enjoyed today's video. If you did, let me know by smashing the like button. And if you have any recipe requests, let me know down in the comments. I've had one recently for enchilada susa. So if that interests you, I think I'm gonna check that out and that may be coming in the future. Thanks for watching again and we'll see you next week back here with another rockin' recipe. Okay, here's our last joke. What is the worst nut for your diet? A donut.