Healthy Granola
This delicious and healthy granola recipe is also nutritious since it’s made with whole grains, unrefined oil, and naturally sweetened with real maple syrup.
I make a batch of homemade granola every couple of weeks because my family eats it so often. My son enjoys eating it with milk like cereal while my daughter, husband, and I prefer eating it with Greek yogurt. I stumbled upon the best healthy granola recipe on Gimme Some Oven and thought it sounded great since I had a bag of chia seeds that needed to be used. This tasty almond coconut granola was easy to make, smelled amazing while baking, and we all think it’s delicious.
Healthy Granola
Ingredients:
- 4 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup of almonds, slivers or sliced
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp table salt
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/3 cup real maple syrup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped dried fruit or mini chocolate chips, optional
How to Make Healthy Granola
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Mix the oats, sliced almonds, ground cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl; mix well.
Whisk together the melted coconut oil and real maple syrup together until well combined. Add the vanilla extract; whisk until well combined.
Pour the maple mixture over the oats and stir until the oat mixture is evenly coated with the maple mixture. Pour onto the prepared baking sheet.
Place into the oven and bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, until lightly golden brown.
Stir in the shredded coconut and continue to bake for 5 minutes, until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. Once cool you can stir in dried fruit or mini chocolate chips, if desired.
Store the granola in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a month. Enjoy.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup of almonds slivers or sliced
- ¼ cup chia seeds
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp table salt
- ½ cup coconut oil melted
- ⅓ cup real maple syrup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup shredded coconut
- ½ cup chopped dried fruit or mini chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix the oats, sliced almonds, ground cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl; mix well.
- Whisk together the melted coconut oil and real maple syrup together until well combined. Add the vanilla extract; whisk until well combined.
- Pour the maple mixture over the oats and stir until the oat mixture is evenly coated with the maple mixture. Pour onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Place into the oven and bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, until lightly golden brown.
- Stir in the shredded coconut and continue to bake for 5 minutes, until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. Once cool you can stir in dried fruit or mini chocolate chips, if desired.
- Store the granola in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a month. Enjoy.
Very crunchy and yum!
Love granola. Thanks for making a healthy Version
I have a bag of chia seeds sitting in my pantry too, so I appreciate the tip about using those up in this recipe. It’s always nice when you can incorporate ingredients you already have on hand into a new recipe.