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.

1. In a large bowl, mix oats and pecans.
2. Whisk together mashed banana, melted coconut oil, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in another bowl.
3. Stir together the oats with the banana mixture.
4. Lay it on a baking sheet pan and sprinkle it with kosher salt.
5. Bake until golden and crispy. Make sure to stir the granola as it bakes.
6. Let it cool, and stir in dried banana and dark chocolate chips.
7. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

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