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This banana bread granola is packed with oats, mashed bananas, banana chips, dark chocolate chips, and lots of cinnamon spice. It tastes just like freshly baked banana bread!
I hate cooking breakfast, but because I’m grown up, I know it’s important to suck it up and eat it – every single day. Luckily, I’ve learned how to make things easier for me, and that “easy” is in the form of granola.
Give me a giant bowl of plain yogurt topped with granola (and maybe some chopped fresh fruit), and I’ll be good until the afternoon.
Especially when that granola is banana bread granola! It literally tastes like freshly baked banana bread but in granola form. It’s made with rolled oats, nuts, mashed bananas, cinnamon, dried banana chips, and mini dark chocolate chips.
It’s so dang good.
My favorite way of serving it is on top of vanilla or homemade yogurt with a drizzle of maple syrup. It’s absolute breakfast perfection.
Ingredients needed
- Old fashioned rolled oats
- Chopped pecans
- Mashed banana
- Melted coconut oil
- Brown sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Cinnamon
- Kosher salt
- Dried banana chips
- Mini dark chocolate chips
How to make banana bread granola
Making homemade granola isn’t hard and doesn’t have to feel intimidating. This version gives you the taste of banana bread but in granola form. It’s so delicious overtop yogurt or even as a tiny little crunchy snack.
- In a large bowl, mix oats and pecans.
- Whisk together mashed banana, melted coconut oil, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in another bowl.
- Stir together the oats with the banana mixture.
- Lay it on a baking sheet pan and sprinkle it with kosher salt.
- Bake until golden and crispy. Make sure to stir the granola as it bakes.
- Let it cool, and stir in dried banana and dark chocolate chips.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
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Banana Bread Granola
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- ¼ cup mashed banana, ripe
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar, dark or light brown
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup chopped banana chips
- ⅓ cup mini dark chocolate chips, or mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone liner.
- Add rolled oats and pecans to medium sized mixing bowl, set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together mashed banana, melted coconut oil, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and ground cinnamon.
- Pour banana mixture over oat mixture and stir to combine and equally coat.
- Add mixture to the prepared baking dish and sprinkle the top with kosher salt.
- Add to the oven and bake for about 30-40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes so the granola does not burn. You know your granola is ready to remove from the oven after it's brown and lightly toasted.
- Let the granola cool for about 15 minutes and stir in banana chips and chocolate chips.
- Stir to combine and let completely cool.
- Serve overtop yogurt, sprinkled on oatmeal or eat by the handful.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I sort of want to marry you for this. The hubs just went gluten free, and he LOVES granola, and I have been wondering what kind of easy things I can whip him up before work.
HOW DID YOU KNOW?!
P.s Peanut Butter Captain Crunch?! MY LIFE.
I am so with you. I hate cooking breakfast. My brain does not work in the morning. I’d be happy to grab a couple of spoonfuls of this delicious granola and plop it on some yogurt.
I really love granola. I used to cook a hot breakfast every morning when I was homeschooling and not working. Now it’s cereal. It feels like such momfail. BUT this granola is totally a win. And I know what you mean about PB Capn Crunch. It’s like it’s made of delicious little shards of glass.
Oh man, I could go for this right now! For a girl who doesn’t cook breakfast, you sure rock it out like a champ. I think I’m going to call Mike to make him stop on his way home for banana chips. 😉
Yeah, I just ate a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie for breakfast, I guess I know how you feel. However, I think you just inspired me to whip up a batch of cashew yogurt so I can try this granola with it!
I’m with you girl on cereal being expensive! I’m digging this granola. It sounds like a win to me.
I am totally the opposite.. I love me some breakfast! I mean I dont make it around the normal breakfast hours because I’m not a morning person.. but I love it! This granola looks delish! Pinned to my breakfast board 😉
Ohhh…I totally agree! I love breakfast but I never feel like cooking first thing in the morning! This granola is perfection!
Oh, yum!! This granola sounds perfect!!
breakfast is easily my favorite meal of the day, but only if I can wait until noon to make it, unfortunately the kids require food before school – this granola with some yogurt would be a HUGE hit with my daughter, she practically lives on granola and yogurt, and who doesn’t love banana bread