Easy Homemade Granola Recipe

Homemade granola is delicious, so easy to make, and is customizable to your exact tastes.  Feel free to play around with this basic granola recipe to create an amazing breakfast treat that you and your whole family will love.

Some things are worth making at home, and some are not.  Homemade granola is one of the things that absolutely is worth the minimal time and effort to get a superior, less expensive product.

Who could resist a breakfast that looks like that?  Not me, that's for sure.  The whole family absolutely loves homemade granola.

I based my recipe on Alton Brown's granola recipe, but have tweaked it to fit my own preferences.  That's one of the lovely things about granola: you can riff and experiment and change the flavors around and it will still work wonderfully.

Basic Homemade Granola Recipe:

• 1 cup cashews
• 1 cup shelled pistachios
• 4 cups oats
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup maple syrup (honey or agave syrup also works)

Optional Granola Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup protein powder
• 1 cup dried or freeze dried fruit (my favorite!)
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes

Mix together the dry ingredients, and the wet ingredients separately.  If you don't have maple syrup, I've also used honey and agave syrup successfully.  You can also use coconut oil or vegetable oil instead of olive oil.  I told you the recipe is really versatile!

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

Spread on a half sheet pan and bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes at 250 degrees Fahrenheit, stirring every 15 minutes.

Let the granola cool, and then store it however you'd like.  I usually just put it in a large ziplock bag, but you could easily put it in canisters or other containers.  My girls love dried fruit by itself, but don't particularly enjoy it in granola, but I do occasionally add freeze dried fruit to the mix.  There's something about the light crunch of the freeze dried fruit that works especially well with homemade granola.

If you prefer your granola to stick together in chunks, try the brilliant stolen granola technique!

Printable Easy Granola Recipe

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