Breakfast just got a whole lot easier! This Easy Healthy Granola Recipe is nourishing, filling and great for meal prep. Featuring crunchy oats and your favorite nuts along with coconut and honey, you won’t ever question what to serve for breakfast again!
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Why This Recipe Works
Simple & Wholesome: My easy healthy granola recipe uses whole, good-for-you ingredients to create a simple yet wholesome breakfast or snack option. Making this granola at home means that you can control the amount of sugar and fat that goes into the recipe. Oftentimes, packaged granola is actually not that healthy for you. That is why making a simple homemade granola is the best option!
Easy to Make: This is one of the best parts. This healthy granola recipe is actually so easy to make at home! It just requires mixing the ingredients and baking at a low temperature to crisp everything up. Then, you can store this for up to 3 weeks and use whenever you need a healthy snack or breakfast!
Versatile: Make this granola exactly how you like it. Do you love peanuts? Throw those in there. Do you prefer seeds instead of nuts? Do it. Honestly, there are no rules. Follow my healthy granola recipe for guidance on amounts and how exactly I like it. But definitely feel free to add whatever you love in granola!
Ingredients
- Old Fashioned Rolled Oats: Good ol’ old fashioned rolled oats work best for this granola recipe.
- Nuts: Add all of your favorite nuts. I like pecans, walnuts, almonds and cashews!
- Shredded Sweet Coconut: This will add a bit of texture and coconut flavor. If you don’t like coconut, feel free to omit!
- Maple Syrup or Honey: Both maple syrup and honey will work to add a bit of natural sweetness and help the granola to stick together a bit.
- Brown Sugar: I also like to add some brown sugar for sweetness. You can decrease the amount if you prefer!
- Oil: I like to use coconut oil here for the flavor. This will allow the granola to crisp up in the oven and become super crunchy!
- Flour: Flour or oat flour can be added to make bigger chunks of granola. However, you can feel free to omit this if you prefer.
- Cinnamon: I absolutely love to add some cinnamon to by granola for some warm flavors.
- Vanilla: A little bit of vanilla is added for extra flavor!
- Dried Fruit: Option to add dried fruit here. A few of my favorites are blueberries, raisins and cranberries!
Here’s How to Make It
Step by Step Instructions
- Preheat & Prep: Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. In a large bowl combine oats, nuts, shredded coconut, brown sugar, flour (optional, see note,) and give it a good stir. (photo 1)
- Mix Other Ingredients: In a smaller bowl or glass measuring cup stir together oil, maple syrup or honey, salt, and cinnamon and vanilla. Pour over oat mixture and stir until well incorporated. (photo 2)
- Bake: Spread granola mixture evenly on a large sheet pan. Bake for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes to ensure even baking. Allow to cool completely on the pan undisturbed for the best clusters! (photos 3-4)
- Cool & Serve: After granola has completely cooled, stir in dried fruit if using. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 weeks. Enjoy!
Expert Tips
- Serve this easy healthy granola with yogurt, milk, or you can enjoy on its own along with a sliced banana or fresh fruit!
- This crunchy healthy granola recipe is super versatile! You can switch ingredients in and out. For a sweeter granola, try adding some chocolate chips! For a less sweet granola, decrease the amount of brown sugar or leave it out completely.
- Make sure the granola is touching in the pan! For big clusters of granola, make sure that the oat mixture is touching in the pan, that way it has a chance to bake up together and create those beautiful clusters.
- Line your sheet pan with parchment paper. I recommend lining the sheet pan with parchment paper so that the granola is easy to release from the pan!
Frequently Asked Questions
Store your homemade granola in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 weeks!
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Easy Healthy Granola Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 2 cups nuts - pecans, walnuts, almonds, cashews are all favorites
- ¾ cup shredded sweetened coconut
- ⅓ cup pure maple syrup or honey
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup oil - vegetable oil or coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons flour or oat flour - optional, see note
- ¼ teeaspoon cinnamon - optional
- ¼-½ teapsoon vanilla - optional
- 1 cup dried fruit - optional (blueberries, raisins, cranberries are favorites)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees. In a large bowl combine oats, nuts, shredded coconut, brown sugar, (and flour if using) and give it a good stir.
- In a smaller bowl or a glass measuring cup stir together oil, maple syrup or honey, salt, and cinnamon and vanilla (if using). Pour over oat mixture and stir until well incorporated.
- Spread granola mixture evenly on a large sheet pan. Bake for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes to ensure even baking. Allow to cool completely on the pan undisturbed for best clusters.
- After granola has completely cooled, stir in dried fruit if using. Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 3 weeks. Serve plain, with milk, or over yogurt. Enjoy!
Wow this looks perfect for a mid morning (…or midnight!) snack! The cashew and coconut sounds like a delicious combo – sounds kind of thai? Maybe it’s just me haha!
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Stopped by your blog and loved it!! I’m okay with a little Thai granola spin, I love Thai!! Thanks for visiting!!
I made this granola before heading to yoga this morning. I swapped the cashews for almonds and unsweetened for sweetened coconut (It’s what I had on hand) and it is delicious! I also added some dried cherries.
Thanks!
Ooh, loving the addition of the cherries, I bet that turned out amazing!!! Thanks so much for taking a minute to comment, I’m so glad you liked the granola!!
Hi Tiffany-if I add whole wheat pastry flour to make it chunky how much should I add–1/4 c? And would I add it in Step 2? I’ve tried using egg whites to get it in clusters but I find that makes the granola a little too flimsy & breaks easily. I have seen chunky granola in stores or bakeries but do not know their secret. If you have experimented please lmk. Looking forward to making this.
It’s in the oven right now. I did not add flour. One, I don’t need big clusters and two, the recipe didn’t tell me where/when to add it. Did I miss something
Thank you for bringing that to our attention, the recipe directions have been updated to be more clear.
Absolutely delicious and tastes much fresher than store bought granola. I’ll never go back to store bought! This was so easy to make; my 7 year old loved making it with me. Great, easy recipe to get kids in the kitchen! I put 1 cup of sliced almonds and 1/2 cup of macadamia nuts in mine – love the addition of the macadamia nuts.
I made this tonight & it stuck to the pan terribly. It tasted good but I lost a good quarter of it.