Simple Vegan Granola Recipe

Granola is so much fun!  You can have it for breakfast, as a snack, or even as dessert--it's so versatile!  If you want to get a high quality granola from the grocery store, it tends to be quite expensive.  So save yourself some money and make your own batch of it at home!

Ingredients:
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup flax seeds
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
2 cups unsweetened (or fruit juice sweetened) cornflakes
4 tbsp. oil
1/2 cup agave syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup dried fruit
1 tbsp cinnamon

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 300.  Mix all the dry ingredients (except the dried fruit) together.  (Go ahead and mix it with your hands!)  In a separate bowl, mix together all the wet ingredients.  Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and mix together well.  Put mixture into a baking pan and bake for 25 minutes.  Take it out of the oven, mix it up a little bit, and blend in the dried fruit.  Put it back in the oven for approx. 12 minutes.  Take it out of the oven and let it cool completely.  Then enjoy!

Vegan Five Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

I'm pretty sure most people LOVE cookies.  The problem is, cookies are not always good for you.  We have created a healthier version of the chocolate chip cookie, and it is DELISH!

Ingredients:

1 cup flour

1/3 cup maple syrup

1/4 cup grain sweetened chocolate chips

1/4 cup oil

1 tsp almond extract

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp sea salt

1 1/2 tsp five spice seasoning (a mixture of star anise, cloves, cinnamon, fennel, and black pepper)

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  In one bowl mix the maple syrup, canola oil, and almond extract evenly.  In a separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, and five spice seasoning evenly.  Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and blend together evenly.  Do not over mix.  Add the chocolate chips, and mix evenly.  Spoon onto a greased baking sheet.  Bake for approximately 8-10 minutes.  Once they are golden brown, they are done!  Let cool for a couple minutes and serve!

Note:
This makes a small batch of only 9 cookies.  If you want more cookies, double or triple the recipe!