Chunky Homemade Granola

This glorious granola is chunky and crunchy with a delicious vanilla, cinnamon, coconutty flavor.

Not only is granola versatile, but this recipe is also very flexible so that you can make it your perfect granola. Experiment with different nuts, chia seeds, raisins, quinoa…The best part is that this recipe works with honey OR the crispier, less sugar sub condensed milk. If you have both, experiment with both. Even better, the brown sugar, cinnamon, coconut residue on your hands will have you licking/slightly nibbling on all 10 fingers because it would be a sin to wash away such deliciousness. Love this granola in a parfait, a cereal, with strawberries and cream, or by itself too is addicting. Have fun making YOUR PERFECT glorious granola!

Any tips?

‍A note to nuts ><: Nuts will char faster than oats, so they are added midway. Pecans in particular char even faster. Add them in at the last 5 minutes.

‍A note to chia seeds: great way to boost the granola, but add them when the granola is fresh OUT of the oven because baking chia seeds diminishes their nutritional value.
‍A note to quinoa: I have tried this before but I cook the quinoa first and remove all the excess water. Then it is added after the oats have baked for 10 min like the nuts. I added only about 1 cup of quinoa. You can choose to either decrease the amount of oats or compensate by adding more of everything, especially the honey.

Any Tools?

Parchment paper.

Chunky Homemade Granola

Chunky golden granola with almond slices on white bowl.

Serves

4 cups.

Prep time: 5 min

Bake time: 20 min

Total time: 25 min

Ingredients

3 cups (335 grams) whole oats

⅓ cup (60 grams) brown sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon kosher salt

3 Tablespoons (60grams) Coconut oil

¼ cup (70grams) honey or condensed milk (if using honey, you can use a little less; if using condensed milk you can use a little more)

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ cup sliced almonds

Technique

1. Preheat oven 350 F.

2. Lay out oats on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

3. Add sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well.

4. Drizzle coconut oil and mix well with hands.

5. Stir vanilla into honey or condensed milk.

6. Make sure oats are evenly spread out on the baking sheet.

7. Drizzle vanilla honey mix over oats.

8. Bake @ 350F for 10minutes.

9. Take out and sprinkle almonds. Give the oats a gentle stir to mix in almonds.

10. Bake for another 10 minutes.

11. Place granola with parchment paper over wire rack to cool and harden.

Updated

November 30, 2022

Chunky Homemade Granola

This glorious granola is chunky and crunchy with a delicious vanilla, cinnamon, coconutty flavor.

Any tips?

Any Tools?

Chunky Homemade Granola

Ingredients

Technique

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