Peanut Butter Oreo Granola
This recipe is for all those out there who dip Oreos in peanut butter!
Oh man, I am slightly addicted to my new granola. Every time I walk by the kitchen I grab a handful. So let's start with the obvious...this is not the healthiest granola out there. However, I do believe it is one of the tastiest!
The granola is made up of peanut butter coated oats and chia seeds mixed in with peanuts, crushed Oreos and white chocolate chips! You can expect to have crunchy granola bits with clusters throughout. As I said before, be prepared for this to be very, very addicting! You can enjoy it on top of yogurt, ice cream, smoothies or by itself!
Now for a little insight into the process behind developing the recipe. I used standard jarred peanut butter for my first iteration but the granola ended up having grainy peanut butter coating that wouldn't get crispy - not exactly ideal. I turned to powdered peanut butter, an ingredient I used before in my peanut butter meringues. It worked out perfectly!
Peanut Butter Oreo Granola
Granola made up of peanut butter coated oats and chia seeds mixed in with peanuts, crushed Oreos and white chocolate chips
Makes: Approximately 3.5 cups
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 1 cup peanuts, halved or chopped
- 15 Oreos (peanut butter or original), chopped
- 1/2 cup powdered peanut butter (like PB2)
- 1/4 cup oil (vegetable or coconut)
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1 egg white
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips (any kind you want - chocolate, white chocolate, peanut butter)
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper
- In a large bowl, combine the oats, chia seeds, peanuts, Oreos and powdered peanut butter
- In a small bowl, whisk together the oil and brown sugar
- Pour the liquids over the oats and stir so the oats are evenly coated
- In the same bowl used for the oil, whisk the egg white until foamy. Add to the bowl and stir
- Spread the oat mixture evenly among the two pans
- Bake for 20 minutes and stir the mixture. Bake for another 15 - 20 minutes, stirring every few minutes to make sure it doesn't burn
- Remove from the oven and cool on the baking sheets
- When completely cool, stir in the chocolate chips
