Carrot Cake gRAWnola
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- Serves: 16
- Preparation: 10
- Cooking: 240
- Ready: 250
Kick-start your morning with the taste of carrot cake in this sweet, crunchy, and irresistibly moreish granola!
Ingredients
- 4 cups loosely packed raw, shredded carrots (about 10 ounces/300 g)
- 5 large, very ripe bananas (about 2½ cups)
- 3 cups (270 g) gluten-free rolled oats
- 1 cup (250 g) unsweetened applesauce
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean powder
- 1½ cups (300 g) golden raisins
Method
Finely chop the shredded carrots.
Purée the bananas in a high-powered blender or food processor.
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together until fully incorporated. Evenly spread 3-4 cups of the wet mixture on each dehydrator tray fitted with a Teflex sheet or parchment paper and dehydrate at 115°F for 2-4 hours, until the top is dry to the touch. Flip over and remove the Teflex sheet or parchment paper sheets and continue drying directly on the screen for another 2-8 hours, or until the desired level of crunchiness is achieved.
Break gRAWnola pieces into the sizes you desire; it’s easier to do before it’s completely dry. Continue drying directly on the screen for another 2-8 hours until the desired level of crunchiness is achieved.
Additional notes
Recipe taken from Sweet Indulgence: Guilt-Free Treats Sweetened Naturally with Fruit, by Chef AJ with Glen Merzer, published by Book Publishing Company (BPC).
“I LOVE repurposing recipes and creating new recipes. This is a dehydrated variation of my carrot cake recipe. I never travel without it. Everyone who has tried it says it’s one of the best treats they have ever tasted. My husband loves it so much that I can’t even keep it in stock at my house!
You can buy carrots already shredded. If you chop them even more finely in a food processor, your kids won’t even know that they’re eating vegetables in their gRAWnola.”
If you don’t have a dehydrator, you can use a regular oven to dehydrate the granola. Just bear in mind it will take an estimated 8-12 hours. Use the oven’s very lowest temperature.
