Simple Granola with No Refined Sugar
A simple, healthy granola recipe with no refined sugar.
Servings 6 cups
Ingredients
- 3 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup steel cut oats
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/2 cup sweetened, dried coconut
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup orange juice or juice from 1 large orange
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, walnuts, sunflower seeds, maple syrup, honey, olive oil, orange juice, vanilla and cinnamon. Stir together until all ingredients are coated.
- Line one large or two smaller rimmed cookie sheets with parchment. If you don't have parchment, grease the pan. Spread granola out on sheet so it's in one layer.
- Bake for about 1 hour. Every 15-20 minutes, stir the granola so that all the sides get crispy. When the granola is a golden brown and mostly dry remove from the oven. (it may be slightly damp feeling when you remove it from the oven but it will crisp up).
- Allow granola to cool completely. Once cool, pour from cookie sheets into a large bowl. Add dried cranberries and stir to combine. Store in airtight container. If you aren't going to use it for awhile, you can freeze it.
Notes
Pro tip: measure out your oil before you measure your honey/maple syrup. The honey/maple syrup will slide out of your measuring cup easier once the oil has been in it.