Gluten-Free Homemade Granola

There’s a lot to love about having a jar of homemade granola sitting on the counter. It’s crunchy, lightly sweet, extremely versatile and perfect for busy mornings, afternoon snacks, or sprinkling over yogurt. This Gluten-Free Homemade Granola is simple to make, packed with wholesome ingredients, and always tastes so much better than anything you’ll find at the store. It's naturally dairy-free, easily gluten-free, and able to be adjusted for any food allergies.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 45

Total Time 55

Course Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings cups

Calories 1006 kcal

Ingredients

3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats gluten-free
1 1/2 cups pecans raw and chopped or whole
1 cup almonds raw
1 cup pumpkin seeds hulled, raw
1 cup sunflower seeds hulled, raw
1 1/2 cups coconut chips unsweetened
3/4 cup pure maple syrup
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp sea salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground nutmeg
**see notes for additions & substitutes

Instructions

Heat the oven to 300F degrees. In a large mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients together until well combined.
Grease a large baking sheet with cooking spray, then spread the granola mixture evenly on baking sheet. Bake for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, until the granola is toasted.
Remove granola from the oven & let cool completely before serving or storing.

Notes

Clumpy granola? Stir the granola less often then press down and let granola cool unbothered.

Storage: Keep in an airtight container and store at room temperature for at least one month. I love to use two large 1/2 gallon mason jars for one batch.

Eating Ideas: Some of our favorite ways to use granola:

Sprinkled over yogurt with fresh fruit
Poured into a bowl with milk, like cereal
Added to acai smoothie bowls for extra crunch
Top ice cream with a handful of granola
Use as a topping on apple crisp
Packed as an easy grab-and-go snack
Layered into parfaits

Substitutions & Add-Ins:

The best part about homemade granola is you can do a “pantry clean out” and add almost any seeds, nuts, grains, dried fruits, and more! These are all suggestions that we’ve tried!

Sweeteners - You can skip sugar all together or swap maple syrup for agave or honey and brown sugar for coconut sugar. Or use applesauce or a well-mashed overripe banana.

Oil - Swap oil for coconut oil or hazelnut oil or leave it out.

Nuts & Coconut - swap coconut flakes for sweetened or unsweetened shredded coconut. Use any nuts like pumpkin seeds, Brazil nuts, walnuts, almonds, pistachios, etc.

Spices, extracts, etc - Add in vanilla, Himalayan salt, smoked grey salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, or any other spices you’d love.

Seeds & Grains - Add any seeds or grains like oat bran, chia seeds, toasted wheat germ, flax seeds, quinoa.

Dried fruits - Pretty much any dried fruit you’d like can go in like banana chips, dried cranberries, apricots, dates, raisins, mulberries, blueberries, pineapple, candied ginger, etc.

Extras - add in almond butter, or once it’s cooled mix in chocolate chips or broken yogurt covered pretzels, anything is possible!

Nutrition

Calories: 1006kcalCarbohydrates: 88gProtein: 19gFat: 70gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 16gMonounsaturated Fat: 33gTrans Fat: 0.01gSodium: 354mgPotassium: 781mgFiber: 14gSugar: 48gVitamin A: 26IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 177mgIron: 6mg

Nutrition Disclosure:

All nutritional values are approximate and provided to the reader as a courtesy. Changing ingredients and/or quantities will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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