Easy vegan granola made with rolled oats, peanut butter, nuts, seeds and raisins. Naturally sweetened with maple syrup. Oil free and gluten free healthy breakfast that is full of fiber. Crunchy, delicious and easy to make.
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Make sure to check out this Creamy Coconut Milk Overnight Oats or these Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bliss Balls for more easy breakfast recipes using oats.
❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
- Healthy and full of fiber thanks to the oats.
- Vegan, gluten free and oil free and makes the perfect snack for afternoons.
- Made with easy to find, simple ingredients.
- No refined sugar and is full of healthy fats from the nuts and nut butter.
- Super budget friendly and way cheaper than store-bought granola.
- Easy to make and great to meal prep on a Sunday.
🥜 Ingredients & substitutions
Rolled oats - Make sure to use certified gluten free oats if you have celiac disease. You can also use old fashioned oats. Just don't use quick oats for this recipe
Maple syrup - This recipe has a touch of sweetness from using real maple syrup. If you don't have maple syrup you can use agave syrup or brown rice syrup or date syrup.
Peanut butter - Runny peanut butter works the best. We're using peanut butter instead of oil, to make this recipe oil free. You can also use almond butter.
Nuts & Seeds - Use whatever nut combo and seeds your heart desires. I love using pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and pecans. Walnuts, peanuts, pistachios and almonds are also really delicious.
Dried fruit - Dried cranberries, dates, goji berries, raisins or even golden raisins taste delicious in this recipe. Dried coconut flakes also taste delicious.
Cinnamon & Vanilla - This recipe is really adaptable. Flavor it however you'd like. Sometimes I use pumpkin pie spice, or orange zest.
👩🍳 Pro tips
Don't add the dried fruit to the granola until it's done baking. When you bake the dried fruit, it makes them really tough and chewy.
If you'd like to add chocolate chips to this, add it after the granola has baked, to make sure it doesn't melt.
Place the tray on the bottom rack so it's closer to the heating source. This makes for crunchier granola.
To make more crunchy clusters, press it into the pan with the back of a spatula. When you stir it halfway, press it into the pan again. Once it's done baking, let it cool on the sheet pan without moving it. Once it cools, break it apart to the clumpy consistency that you desire.
To keep this delicious granola crunchy, I store it in a mason jar with an air tight lid. Storing it in the fridge of freezer helps keep it crunchy. Just let it come to room temp if you freeze it.
🔪 Directions
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Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl add the dry ingredients like the rolled oats, salt, cinnamon, nuts and seeds and stir well. Add the wet ingredients like the vanilla, peanut butter, maple syrup. Mix well until the peanut butter and maple syrup are evenly distributed.
Pour the granola mixture on a lined baking sheet and spread out evenly. If you want your granola to have nice clumps, press the granola down into the pan with the back of a spatula.
Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown, stirring halfway. If you want clumpy granola, press the granola into the pan again after stirring. Take out of the oven and let it cool completely on the pan, without stirring it. Once it cools, break it apart to your desired consistency and add dried fruit, or chocolate chips if you'd like.
Store in an airtight container in your pantry, in the fridge or even in the freezer. If you freeze the granola, make sure to let it come to room temperature before eating.
🍦 Serving suggestions
Granola is amazing because of its versatility.
- Put crunchy vegan granola on top of vegan ice cream, dairy-free yogurt or smoothie bowls.
- Layer it in a parfait
- Eat it with plant based milk in the morning and top with fresh fruit
- Top pancakes and waffles with it
- Eat this healthy homemade granola as an afternoon snack
❄️ How to store granola
Store this in an airtight container in the fridge or pantry. It will last a couple of weeks if it's sealed. Storing in the fridge keeps it nice and crispy.
This vegan granola freezes really well. Store it in an airtight container in the freezer for up to three months. Let it come to room temperature before eating.
🌰 To make this nut free
If you can't eat peanut butter - you can substitute the peanut butter for ⅓ cup of neutral tasting oil like avocado oil or melted coconut oil. Or you can use a seed butter like pumpkin seed or sunflower seed butter, as long as you're not also allergic to those seeds.
And if you have a nut allergy, you can omit the nuts and seeds in this recipe. If you're not allergic to any seeds, use pumpkin, sunflower or hemp seeds.
❓ FAQ's
Granola is vegan as long as it doesn't contain honey, since honey is made by bees and is their food source. It's easy to make vegan granola by replacing the honey with maple syrup, brown rice syrup or date syrup.
For gluten free oats, make sure the package says certified gluten free.
When oatmeal isn't certified gluten free, it runs the risk of being cross contaminated in the factory it was made, since the same equipment is used to make different foods. So a food containing gluten could have been made on the machines right before the oatmeal was made.
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📖 Recipe
Easy vegan granola (gluten free, oil free)
Ingredients
- 3 cups rolled oats (use certified gluten free if making this for someone with celiac disease. )
- ¾ cups peanut butter (runny peanut butter works best. Read notes for substitution)
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup nuts and seeds of choice (pumpkin seeds, almonds, walnuts, pistachios)
- 1 cup dried fruit (raisins, cranberries or dates)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl add the rolled oats, peanut butter, maple syrup, salt, vanilla, cinnamon and nuts and seeds. Mix well until the peanut butter and maple syrup are evenly distributed.3 cups rolled oats, ¾ cups peanut butter, ½ cup maple syrup, ¼ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, 1 cup nuts and seeds of choice, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pour the oatmeal mixture on a lined baking sheet and spread out evenly. If you want your granola to have nice clumps, press the granola down into the pan with the back of a spatula.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown, stirring halfway. If you want clumpy granola, press the granola into the pan again after stirring. Take out of the oven and let it cool completely on the pan, without stirring it. Once it cools, break it apart to your desired consistency and add dried fruit, or chocolate chips if you'd like. It will crips up as it cools.1 cup dried fruit
- Store in an airtight container in your pantry, in the fridge or even in the freezer. If you freeze the granola, make sure to let it come to room temperature before eating.
Notes
Nutrition
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