Homemade Granola Recipe
Learn how to make homemade granola the easy way! Plus I have tons of ideas on how to customize this recipe to make it just how you like it.
Servings 16 1/2 cup servings
Calories 332kcal
Ingredients
- 6 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup sliced almonds
For the rest of the granola:
- 1/2 cup avocado oil (any neutral oil)
- 1/4 cup honey or real maple syrup
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- dash salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place oats, almonds and coconut on two large half sheet pans with high sides and spread to create an even layer. Toast 8-12 minutes or until fragrant. Reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees.
- While oats are toasting, in large liquid measuring cup, stir together oil, honey, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and salt. The brown sugar will not dissolve completely and that's ok.
- Once oats have been removed from oven, pour oil and sugar mixture over both pans. Stir until all ingredients are coated evenly. Spread into 1 even layer and return to oven. Bake 30 minutes stirring every 10 minutes.
- Remove granola from oven and cool completely on sheet trays before transferring to airtight containers.
Notes
- Granola needs to cool on the baking sheet completely to keep it crunchy! DO NOT put warm granola into a sealed container!
- Dried fruit does not need to be toasted or baked, so add that in once your granola has completely cooled.
- Feel free to replace the 2 cups of coconut and almonds with other nuts, seeds and dried fruit! Make it how you'd like to enjoy it.
- Nutritional Information will depend on what you add to your granola mixture.
- Here are some ideas to get you started:
- sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds
- pepitas
- cashews, pecans, macadamia nuts, peanuts
- raisins
- craisins
- dried pineapple
- dried mango
- dried apple
- banana chips
Nutrition
Calories: 332kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 256mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 2mg