Its always amazing when you find out how easy it is to make something that is loved by so many. Granola is a breakfast staple and always great to have in the kitchen. When purchased at the store it can be filled with seed oils, artificial ingredients and preservatives. This is why I started making homemade granola, and I am never going back.

How to make easy homemade granola. Granola is so easy to make and can be customized according to your dietary needs.

Last week I shared my sourdough granola recipe and today I want to share my original homemade granola recipe!

Learning to make granola is a great skill to have. You can create many different flavors and options. It is easy to customize the ingredients based on dietary needs or restraints. It can be a great gluten free snack too!

If I had known years ago how easy it is to make I would have been making it for years and years. But at least I figured it out eventually.

The great thing about making your own granola is the endless ways that you can customize and flavor it according to your preferences.

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Granola Ingredient Options

Craisins
Raisins
Dried apricots, mangoes, strawberries, cherries
Nuts like pecans almonds, pistachios, cashews,
Seeds like pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds
peanut butter
ground flax seed

Get my easy healthy homemade granola recipe below!

Easy Homemade Granola

This sweet and salty homemade granola is the perfect snack or side at breakfast. Enjoy with milk or on top of yogurt! Bake a shorter time for a more chewy granola! It is so easy to make too!

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Course Appetizer, Breakfast, brunch

Cuisine American

Servings cups

Ingredients

4 cups rolled oats Do not use quick oats or steel cut oats
1/2 cup chopped pecans, walnuts or almonds
2/3 cup dried cranberries or cherries
1/4 cup dried mangoes optional
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1/2 cup avocado oil or coconut oil
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract

Optional ingredients

1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1/4 cup ground flax seed
dried strawberries, blueberries or dried fruit

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl add all your dry ingredients, including rolled oats, dried fruit, and nuts.
In a smaller mixing bowl add the honey, maple syrup, cinnamon, oil, salt and vanilla.
Mix all the wet ingredients together until well combined.
Pour the wet ingredient over the dry ingredients and use a spatula that mix the ingredients until all the wet is coating the dry.
Place a silicone sheet or sheet or parchment paper on a large baking sheet. Pour the oatmeal mixture onto the pan and spread it in an even layer.
Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes. I find that if I want it more crispy, I will bake it for 40 minutes.
Remove the pan from the oven and let the granola cool completely before breaking it up. This will allow it to form small chunks. I like to sprinkle sea salt over the top right out of the oven so that it sticks to the granola. This gives it a sweet and salty crunch. You only need a small amount of salt.
Store in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks. You can also freeze it to keep it fresh for longer. Mine does not ever last this long!

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With so many options, you definitely need to try this out for yourself. Learning skills like this are important for all of us these days. Learning to bake bread, grow gardens and rely on ourselves is incredibly important. It may seem small but little things add up.