Healthy Granola

Homemade Healthy Granola has the perfect combination of texture, crunch and sweetness. Use it on top of ice cream, yogurt or eat it by the handful.

A good healthy granola is perfect for breakfast, for snacking or for gift giving. It’s easy to make and so much better than store bought granola.

Healthy Granola Ingredients

• Old Fashioned Oats. Don’t use the Quick Oats, there is a difference in nutritional value and in texture.

• Pure Maple Syrup.
• Brown Sugar
• Slivered or Sliced Almonds
• Chopped Pecans
• Dreid Cranberries
• Coconut Flakes
• Coconut Oil
• Salt
• Vanilla
• Cinnamon

How to Make Healthy Granola

• Combine oats, nuts, fruit and brown sugar into a bowl and toss to combine.

• In another bowl combine water, melted oil, maple syrup, vanilla and salt.

• Pour the liquid over the dry mixture and stir until well coated, all of the liquid will not absorb into the oats

• Place mixture onto a large baking sheet. Bake in a 275 degree F oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

• Set timer for 40 minutes, and then open oven and stir granola. Bake for another 30-40 minutes until granola is a golden brown. Watch it carefully the last 30 minutes to make sure it doesn’t burn.

• The granola may not seem really crisp when it first comes out of the oven but it will crisp up as it cools.
• After it cools, store the healthy granola in an air tight container.

You can create lots of different flavor variations of healthy granola by adding in or substituting ingredients.

Granola Variations

• Nuts. Add in your favorite nuts. I have used walnuts, pepitas or whatever nut is hanging out in my cupboard. If you have a nut allergy, leave the nuts out.
• Seeds. Often I will add in sunflower seeds or flax seed for some extra texture.
• Fruit. Raisins, golden raisins, dried apricots or any kind of dried fruit will work well in granola.
• Maple Syrup. You can also use honey if you prefer.
• Extract. I also like to use almond flavoring or a combination of vanilla and almond.
• Oil. You can also use canola oil or olive oil.
• Other add ins. Adding in some mini chocolate chips after the granola has cooled adds a bit of goodness to it.

Check out more of our favorite breakfast recipes:

• Smoothie Bowls
• Stacked Breakfast
• Baked Oatmeal for One