Air Fryer Granola Clusters

Ingredients

• 2 cups oats
• 3 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp butter, melted
• ½ cup chopped nuts (optional)
• ½ tsp cinnamon (optional)
• 2 tbsp desiccated coconut (optional)
• 2 tbsp chocolate chips, added after cooling (optional)

Steps

1. In a bowl, mix the oats, honey, melted butter, chopped nuts, cinnamon and desiccated coconut until every oat flake looks glossy and coated, with no dry patches left.
2. Line the air fryer basket with parchment paper.
3. Spread the mixture in an even layer on the parchment.
4. Press down slightly with the back of a spoon — this compacting is what helps the mixture bind into clusters rather than separate crumbs.
5. Preheat the air fryer to 150°C.
6. Air fry for 5 minutes.
7. Stir the mixture once, turning the edges into the centre.
8. Air fry for the remaining 5 minutes, until golden — it will still look a little soft coming out, but crisps up properly as it cools on the counter.
9. Let it cool completely on the counter without disturbing it, since leaving it undisturbed is what forms clusters instead of loose crumbs.
10. Once fully cool, break into clusters and stir through the chocolate chips — adding them while warm would just melt them into the granola instead of staying as chips.

Tip: Resist stirring too often — leaving it mostly undisturbed is what forms clusters instead of loose crumbs.

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Nutrition (per serving)

Estimated from standard ingredient data — actual values vary by brand and exact quantities used.

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