Glow Crumble

Nyla
Aug 28, 2020
3 min read

Updated: Nov 27, 2020

This crumble smells and tastes like a cinnamon bun! Or in the words of my brother "It smells like the holidays!" I was actually trying to make bars, but it turned out more like a crumble and I absolutely loved it! It is a great alternative to your typical dry and crunchy granola. The only thing is, everyone in my house loves it so it goes fast! 😄💗

Awwww, just look how dewy the jar looks. I love it!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 1/4 cup rice crisp cereal or puffed cereal
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
*slightly less than 1/2 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup roasted almond butter
1 tsp vanilla

Method

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C)
Pour the pecans on a baking tray and toast them in the oven for 10-12 minutes (until they are lightly golden and fragrant).
In a medium bowl, combine the oats, cereal, pepitas, cranberries, toasted pecans, salt, and cinnamon.
In a small saucepan, combine the maple syrup and almond butter, stirring over medium heat until the mixture softens starts to bubble slightly. Then, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
Pour the mixture over the dry ingredients. Use a spatula to scrape out all of the mixture from the pan. Stir until everything gets coated. The resulting mixture might be difficult to stir.
Lightly grease a tray in coconut oil or cover with parchment paper.
Pour the mixture in the tray. Slightly wet your hands and press down the mixture into the tray. The more you want it to stay together, the more compact your should make it.
Place the uncovered tray into the freezer for about 10 minutes or until it has chilled.
Either crumble the mixture or use a pizza cutter to slice it into bars. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks or in a freezer for up to 1 month.
Enjoy! 🍁

To make them into bars:

Line a 9 inch square pan with parchment paper.
After pouring the mixture into a tray to set, use a pastry roller to compact the mixture firmly and evenly.
After removing them from the freezer, lift the oat square out of the pan with the parchment paper and place it on a cutting board. Cut them into bars with a pizza roller or serated knife.

Personal Notes and Tips

For the cereal, I like to use puffed kamut.
To grease the tray, I honestly just get a little bit of coconut oil on my fingers and rub it on the tray until there is a very thin layer across the whole thing.
This recipe is super versatile so feel free to try it with different nuts, seeds, nut butters, and dried fruit.
*The original recipe called for 1/2 cup of brown rice syrup. I used maple syrup instead once and I loved it! Since maple syrup is sweeter, you might want to use slightly less than 1/2 cup. If you like it sweeter or you want to make bars, then use a full 1/2 cup. Funny story, that is actually how I arrived at a crumble. I didn't use a full cup of maple syrup and I didn't press it down much so when I cut it, it didn't really stick together...but I ended up loving it as a chilled crumble. It was a nice alternative to a harder dry granola.
If you make this as a crumble, it is great on top of yogurt, with some dairy-free milk, on a smoothie bowl, and just as is. It is basically just a chewier chilled granola. ❄️