Basic Granola Recipe

Name: Basic Granola Recipe
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups rolled oats; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon or nutmeg or allspice; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/3 cup honey or syrup or agave; 1/4 cup canola oil or vegetable, grapeseed, or coconut oil; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional; 1/2 cup coarsely chopped almonds or other nut; 1/2 cup dried cranberries or other dried fruit, optional

6 steps

Prep:1hCook:30min

Easy granola recipe, yielding 4 to 6 servings

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 01:08:35 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories491.6 kcal (25%)

Total Fat23.2 g (33%)

Carbs63.2 g (24%)

Sugars19.7 g (22%)

Protein11.6 g (23%)

Sodium190.8 mg (10%)

Fiber8.4 g (30%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

5 servings

3 cupsrolled oats

½ teaspoonground cinnamon

or nutmeg or allspice

½ teaspoonkosher salt

⅓ cuphoney

or syrup or agave

¼ cupcanola oil

or vegetable, grapeseed, or coconut oil

1 teaspoonvanilla extract

optional

½ cupalmonds

coarsely chopped, or other nut

½ cupdried cranberries

or other dried fruit, optional

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Parchment paper

Baking sheet

Step 2

In a large bowl, mix together the oats, cinnamon and salt.

Bowl

rolled oats3 cups

ground cinnamon½ teaspoon

Step 3

Stir the honey, oil and vanilla extract into the dry ingredients. Use your hands if necessary to make sure it's well combined.

honey⅓ cup

canola oil¼ cup

vanilla extract1 teaspoon

Step 4

Bake for 20 minutes and then remove from the oven and stir; add the chopped almonds. Return to the oven and bake until everything is toasted and evenly browned, an additional 10 minutes.