Apple + Almond Butter Granola

Tip Spoon's Apple + Almond Butter Granola into a bowl and you'll see straight away it's built for spooning over something creamy rather than eating from a packet. The gluten-free wholegrain oats are baked in small batches with dried apple pieces and almond butter until they clump into golden, flapjack-like pieces, with maple syrup and a whisper of cinnamon running through. It's the sort of granola that makes the first bowl of the day feel worth setting the alarm for.

Why You'll Love It

The oats are baked slowly with almond butter, date syrup and rapeseed oil so they toast rather than dry out, forming crisp, uneven clusters studded with flaked almonds and soft, chewy pieces of dried apple. Cinnamon is used with a light hand, just enough to warm the mix without drowning out the apple or the toasted, nutty depth from the almond butter. It's vegan and soy-free, and being made from gluten-free oats it suits anyone steering clear of gluten, though none of that gets in the way of it simply tasting like good granola.

How to Use It

Pour it over cold milk or a plant-based alternative and give it a minute before you dig in, so the clusters soften slightly at the edges while the almonds keep their bite. It's especially good spooned over thick yoghurt with slices of fresh apple or pear, and the richness from the almond butter means it can happily take an extra drizzle of maple syrup if you want it sweeter. Scatter it over stewed fruit or a baked apple for pudding, use it to top a smoothie bowl, or eat it straight from the jar by the handful.

About Spoon

Spoon started out wanting to shake up the sameness of the cereal aisle, where mass-produced and over-sugared granola had become the norm. Baking in small batches keeps things fresher and cuts down on waste, and the brand gives one percent of sales to the planet as part of how it does business. This apple and almond butter blend is a good example of what that approach looks like once it's in the bowl.