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Modified: Jan 6, 2021 Published: Jan 7, 2021· Cathy Brak · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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Homemade Granola Recipe

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If you're looking for an easy delicious homemade granola recipe, you'll want to try this one! It's a beautiful sweet and salty breakfast cereal recipe that makes a big batch and will have you coming back morning after morning! It's also a great snack or topping for ice cream or yogurt with berries.

granola with raspberries on top in light grey bowl

I love that this is easily a gluten free granola recipe if you use certified gluten free oats to make it. You can change up the nuts and seeds as long as you keep the total quantities the same. For a vegan breakfast, just replace the honey with some more maple syrup.

What You'll Need to Make This Homemade Granola Recipe

homemade granola ingredients in separate bowls
  • Oats - Make sure that your oats are certified gluten free if you need your granola to be gluten free.
  • Honey - You can make this a vegan dish by replacing the honey with more maple syrup.

How do you make granola from scratch?

Combine coconut oil, honey (if using), and maple syrup.

wooden spoon resting in golden liquid in pyrex measuring cup

Place the oats, nuts, seeds, salt, and cinnamon in a roasting pan.

oats, nuts, seeds, cinnamon, and salt for homemade granola recipe in large roasting pan

Stir it all together and bake it in the oven.

wooden spoon stirring oat mixture in stainless steel roasting pan

After the granola has finished baking, stir in the raisins and dried cranberries.

finished homemade granola recipe with dried fruit in roasting pan

Recipe FAQ's and Tips

Is homemade granola good for you?

By making your own granola, you control what goes into it. Use pure, natural ingredients, so you know it's good for you.

Is there gluten in granola?

There can be gluten in granola, so be careful. This homemade granola recipe is gluten free as long as you use certified gluten free oats. While oats are naturally gluten free, there is usually cross contamination from other grains such as wheat in oatmeal that is not certified gluten free.

Is it cheaper to make your own granola?

It certainly is cheaper to make your own granola. If you look carefully at store-bought granolas, you'll notice that they are heavy on oats and low on the more expensive nuts and seeds. Making your own homemade granola recipe will cost less than a comparable one with the same ingredients in the same quantities.

Save even more by making your own homemade Oat Milk to pour over it.

How long does homemade granola last?

Homemade granola will last two weeks or more when stored at room temperature. You can freeze it to keep it longer.

three bowls of homemade granola with berries on the front one

More Recipes for Your GF Oats

  • Baked Overnight Oats
  • Instant Pot Porridge
  • Original Gluten Free Granola

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granola with raspberries on top in light grey bowl

Homemade Granola Recipe

This granola tastes a little sweet and salty. Save money by making your own!
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American, Canadian
Diet: Gluten Free
Keyword: gluten free, homemade granola
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
Additional Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 414kcal
Author: Cathy
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup (237 ml) coconut oil melted
  • 3 tablespoons (45 ml) raw honey (Replace with 3 more tablespoons maple syrup for vegan.)
  • 2 tablespoons (30 ml) maple syrup
  • 4 cups (360 g) gluten free rolled oats
  • 1 cup (142 g) sesame seeds
  • 1 cup (133 g) raw sunflower seeds
  • 1 cup (93 g) unsweetened flaked coconut
  • 1 cup (70 g) sliced almonds
  • 1 ½ teaspoons (4 g) cinnamon
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons (8 g) sea salt
  • ¾ cup (113 g) sultana raisins
  • ¾ cup (98 g) dried cranberries

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 300 F.
  • Combine liquid coconut oil, honey, and maple syrup. (The coconut oil and honey can be melted in the preheating oven, if necessary.)
  • In a large roasting pan, stir together the oatmeal, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, coconut, almonds, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in the liquid coconut oil mixture until the dry ingredients are evenly coated.
  • Bake for 30 minutes. Stir. Bake another 15 minutes.
  • Stir. Return to oven. Turn the oven off, and leave the granola sitting in there for 10 more minutes.
  • Remove from oven. Stir in raisins and cranberries.

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Notes

  • If you don't have a large roasting pan for your homemade granola recipe, mix the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and spread it all out onto large baking sheets. You'll need watch your granola closely as it's baking. It will brown faster on baking sheets than in a roasting pan, so may need less time.
  • Make your granola vegan but replacing the honey with more maple syrup.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 414kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Sodium: 165mg | Potassium: 663mg | Fiber: 15g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 240mg | Iron: 7mg
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