Have you ever made your own granola" It?ll change your life. At least, it?ll change your life in the small way that a homemade breakfast/snack mix can. Granola you can buy at the store is undoubtedly delicious, but there?s also a ton of refined sugar in many of the brands we know and love. This granola is naturally sweetened with your choice of maple, agave, or coconut syrup – whatever sweetener you already have in your pantry. That?s why I?m calling it pantry granola. It?s designed to make use of all of the random nuts, seeds, and dried fruit cluttering up your cabinets.

There?s nothing like the feeling of cleaning out a kitchen cabinet, am I right" I bought a label maker and a case of mason jars recently and I love how organized my bulk bin items are now. All of my raw nuts and seeds and dried fruit used to be in random bags and containers and I didn?t even know what I had. Shopping in bulk can be awesome when you just want a little bit of something, but the clutter can drive you crazy! I know I can?t be the only home chef who finds joy in organizing her bulk bin bits.
This pantry granola is less of a recipe and more of a template for working with what you already have at home. The most important part is balancing the dry and wet ingredients. If you can?t scrounge up two cups of oats or a cup of raw seeds, cut the entire recipe in half. It?ll work out just fine and you?ll still have enough granola to enjoy with your favorite non-dairy milk to...