Healthy Homemade Granola

Her skin bristles when someone calls her granola head. It feels derisive, even though she probably fits the description—she’s a vegetarian with leftist leanings, her hair is un-dyed grey, she doesn’t wear a lot of makeup, and yes, she inhaled. She makes apple juice and maple syrup sweetened healthy homemade granola –does that make her a granola head?

Apple juice and maple syrup sweeten this nutty granola–a recipe I got from my friend Abhilasha. Abhilasha and her husband Pujari offer retreats in the mountains of southern Utah–she cooks incredible vegetarian meals and he teaches yoga and meditation to their guests. Naturally sweetened, and with a strong ratio of nuts to oats, –you will be keeping a jar of Abhilasha’s homemade granola on hand at all times–it’s the best!

Click here to PIN Healthy Homemade Granola recipe!

I recommend baking until the oats are decently golden brown—beyond the anemic color of the granola in grocery store bulk bins.

Healthy Homemade Granola variations:

• Feel free to skip the coconut/raisins and switch the nuts around, like swap pecans or sunflower nuts for walnuts and pumpkin seeds.
• Instead of raisins sub in another dried fruit, like apple juice sweetened cranberries or chopped apricots–make this granola yours!
• Abhilasha’s recipe called for canola oil, I use coconut oil.

BTW– I’m the one he called granola-head, and it did always feel derisive. This cook knew how to push my buttons. :-/

You might also like my gluten free and vegan Apple Cinnamon Quinoa Muffins!

Make it a fabulous week–get in the kitchen and cook something healthy–because homemade is best!

Thanks for reading. Get the latest recipe posts by email—subscribe here. Subscribers also receive my exclusive monthly newsletters with bonus recipes.

For more vegetarian recipe ideas, peruse my Pinterest boards. For sure check out my Healthful Breakfast Recipes, recipes  I’ve save from all over the web.
Follow me on Facebook for daily vegetarian and healthy living ideas.
I’m hooked on Instagram!

**If you make this recipe, please consider leaving a blog post comment. Your comments help other readers learn more about the recipe.

Print Recipe

4.20 from 5 votes

Healthy Homemade Granola

Naturally sweetened with apple juice and maple syrup, this granola has lots of nuts and other healthy goodies. Allow 25 minutes to bake–stirring every 10 minutes. Makes about 15 cups granola. Recipe can easily be cut in half.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Vegan

Servings: 15 cups

Author: Letty | @lettyskitchen

Ingredients

• 9 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 cup walnuts , chopped
• 1 cup almonds , chopped
• 1 cup cashews , chopped
• 1 cup pumpkin seeds
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 ½ cups apple juice
• ½ cup melted coconut oil
• ½ cup maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 ¼ cups raisins

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 325° F. Toss the rolled oats, nuts, coconut and cinnamon in a large bowl. In another bowl stir together the apple juice, coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla. Pour over the oats. Stir and toss until everything is well mixed and evenly coated.
• Unless you have a huge oven and four baking sheets, bake this in 2 batches, spreading one quarter of the mixture in each pan, about ½-inch deep.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until rich golden brown, stirring every 10 minutes so the the granola browns evenly. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the raisins.
• Cool. Store in an airtight container.

Did you make this recipe?Mention @lettyskitchen or tag #lettyskitchen