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Easy Peanut Butter Granola<\/h2>\n

My kids are in love with breakfast cereal. And not the healthy kind, either. They LOVE their sugar-filled boxed cereal! My problem is that it is about as filling as cotton candy…So we do the next best thing – we make this Easy Peanut Butter Granola for our breakfast cereal!<\/p>\n

Make This Easy Granola Yourself<\/h2>\n

Have you seen the price of granola at the store lately???  It’s enough to give you a heart attack!  I still struggle to understand why eating healthy has to be so expensive!<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong, we’re no health nuts here at our house.  I like the idea of eating healthy, but the reality of implementing such novel ideas with picky eaters has been beyond frustrating.  So I try to pick my battles.<\/p>\n

This is one I can easily win.<\/p>\n

My kids (and husband) gobble this stuff up!!  I mean like it’s going out of style faster than the lastest junior high fad (although seriously, bottle flipping couldn’t die out fast enough for this momma).<\/p>\n

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Make Up a Bunch and Freeze Extras<\/h2>\n

One of the best things about this stuff, beyond being easy to make, is that you can make a huge batch, in about the same time as a single batch, and you can store extra bags in the freezer to pull out when needed!  Not that we really ever have extra, even when I make double or quadruple the recipe.<\/p>\n

But I don’t like to be tied to my kitchen with a long list of items I need to make up each week.  So I make large batches and hide some away in the freezer.  If I’m careful, I can sometimes get our stash to last us two, maybe even three, weeks.<\/p>\n

Customize Your Granola Flavors<\/h2>\n

My family loves this stuff just as is, but sometimes it’s nice to change things up, you know?  I’ve found that there are plenty of easy things you can do for variety.<\/p>\n

The top choice is to add in fresh fruits.  The kids love berries of all kinds in theirs!  But those can get expensive during the winter months, so we sometimes go with other alternatives.<\/p>\n

Some of our favorites are adding in flavoring oils (caramel<\/a>, butterscotch<\/a> or maple<\/a>), nuts (almonds, peanuts) and\/or incorporating dried or freeze-dried fruit (Craisins, freeze-dried sliced strawberries<\/a> or apples<\/a>, even banana chips<\/a>).  My husband’s favorite way to customize it is with the caramel flavoring oil and freeze-dried banana slices<\/a>.  He calls it his Bananas Foster Granola!<\/p>\n

I’m lucky and live in a state where there are several big-name food storage companies around, and I can find these items in local stores.   But if you are in an area where these items are not commonly found, follow the links above to find them online.<\/p>\n

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Powder-ize It<\/h2>\n

One other change we sometimes do is to make the recipe with peanut butter powder instead of the regular jarred stuff.  I can get large cans of peanut butter powder from a local food storage company, but you can find smaller containers in most grocery stores nowadays (PB2<\/a> or PBFit<\/a> are the two biggest brand names, although Walmart also carries a store-brand version<\/a> now, too).  I’ve even seen it pop up in warehouse stores as well.  And it is almost always available online through Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I just find it so much easier to work with than scooping the other stuff out of the jars.  (I do a straight substitution and have found that I don’t need to add any additional liquid when using the peanut butter powder, but play around with it and see what works best for you.)  If you really want to kick it up a notch, try the chocolate peanut butter powder<\/a> – yummy!!!<\/p>\n

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There are so many great ways you can dress this peanut butter granola up, or just eat it plain.  The sky’s the limit!  But no matter what, I promise you’ll find this a lot more filling than those other cereals, and hopefully maybe even slightly better for you, too!!  <\/p>\n

And if you’re not big into bowls of granola cereal, or you just want an extra-special (but still easy) breakfast treat, try using this Easy Peanut Butter Granola to make Easy Granola Parfaits<\/a>!!<\/p>\n

(Please note that this post may contain affiliate links – that means that if you purchase the item using the link, I receive a small percentage of the purchase price, but at no additional cost to you.  It helps me offset the cost of hosting my web site.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Servings: <\/span>8<\/span> servings<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Course: <\/span>Freezer Meal Recipes<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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Prep Time: <\/span>10 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time: <\/span>25 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Total Time: <\/span>35 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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Making your own granola cereal is easy, and it's so much cheaper than store-bought! This Easy Peanut Butter Granola is a healthier breakfast cereal option without too much extra fuss!<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t
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