Healthy Homemade Granola Recipe
This truly is the best healthy granola recipe out there you can make! Not only does it taste great, but it is naturally sweetened and full of nutrients like antioxidants, vitamin E, magnesium, protein, and healthy fats!
Ingredients
- 2½ cups Rolled Oats or GF oats
- 1 ½ cups chopped nuts of choice I typically use pecans, walnuts, or almonds
- ½ cup shredded coconut flakes unsweetned
- ½ cup seeds I opt for chia seeds
- ½ cup maple syrup or honey
- ⅓ cup melted coconut oil or oil of choice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ cup dried fruit optional!! I typically do dried cherries, stir these in at the very end--last few mins of baking
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside
- In a large mixing bowl, stir together oats, unsweetened coconut flakes, chia seeds, nuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sea salt until well combined
- In a separate bowl, mix together wet ingredients--vanilla, coconut oil, maple syrup until mixed thoroughly
- Spread the granola over the baking sheet evenly, then set in the oven for 15 mins. Take out and stir, then stick in the oven for another 15 mins. Take out of the oven, stir again, and set for an additional 10 mins or until mixture is golden brown.
- Remove the granola from the oven and set it aside to cool. Let the granola reach room temperature before breaking it apart. Add in additional ingredients, if desired.
- Serve immediately, once cooled. Or store in an air-tight container for up to 4 weeks!