Healthy Maple Granola
This delicious maple granola is easy to make at home with wholesome ingredients like maple syrup, oats, and nuts/seeds.
I’ve been on a granola kick the last few months and make a new batch at least once a week. Granola + frozen blueberries + soy milk/yogurt = pure bliss. I love this granola not only because it’s delicious, but it’s easy to make, naturally sweetened, and packed with healthy fats, fiber, and plant protein!
Easily Customizable
This has been the base recipe for all my granola recently, delicious as is or you can customize the flavor by adding other spices, nuts, seeds, dried fruit, or chocolate. Here are some of my favorite ingredients to play with:
- Nuts/Seeds ⟶ almonds, walnuts, pecans, cashews, coconut, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, chia seeds, sesame seeds, poppyseeds
- Be sure to chop the nuts first so they mix in more evenly with the granola. You can also used sliced or slivered almonds.
- Spices ⟶ cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger for a cozy fall/winter-themed granola (think apple pie, gingersnaps, oatmeal raisin cookies), or cocoa powder for a chocolate granola (increase the sweetener and use all maple syrup)
- Dried Fruit ⟶ raisins, blueberries, apples, strawberries
- Dried fruit will burn easily so add them to the granola after baking. Press them into the granola while still warm and let the granola cool completely.
Try These Other Healthy Granola Recipes!
- Lemon Tahini Granola
- Date-Sweetened Chocolate Granola
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola
- Oatmeal Cookie Granola
If you try out this healthy maple granola, don’t forget to leave a comment/rating down below and tag me in your photos on instagram @ellielikes.cooking. I love seeing all of your tasty recreations!
Healthy Maple Granola
Ingredients
- ¼ cup (60g) almond butter**
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- ½ tbsp molasses or more maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract optional
- 1 ½ cups rolled oats
- 1 cup
puffed rice** - ½ cup nuts/seeds of choice**
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together almond butter, maple syrup, molasses, and vanilla extract.
- Add oats, puffed rice, and nuts/seeds. Mix well to combine. You may find it easier to use your hands. The mixture should stick together pretty well; it won't be cohesive but you should be able to form clumps.
- Spread granola mixture out on baking sheet. Press down with a spatula to form an even layer and pack the granola tight (this well help clusters form during baking).
- Bake 23-25 minutes until mostly dry and the edges are golden brown. For optimal clusters, don't stir the granola. However, if you notice the edges browning too quickly, gently stir the granola halfway through but try not to break it up too much.
- The granola will continue to dry out and get crunchy as it cools. Place on a wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled, use your hands to break the granola into chunks.
Notes
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