My go to breakfast is overnight oatmeal (check out my recipe here!) topped with Greek yogurt and some frozen berries. However, straight overnight oatmeal lacks the crunch I love, so I really like to have some granola to sprinkle on top. However, I don’t love how much added sugar store bought granola can add to my breakfast so I often default to adding a few chopped nuts instead because I forget just how easy and cost efficient homemade granola is. Well, I remembered yesterday, and put this recipe together. Let me tell you, my husband walked into the house after work and said, “It smells like fresh cookies in here!”…That’s how good this oven baked granola is.
And did I mention easy?! I think it went from containers on the shelves to cooling on the counter in 30 minutes or less. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I start one of those “low temp, bake for an hour or two” recipes and totally get distracted. And you know what that gets me? Burned food. This recipe bakes for 16 minutes, and it’s done! How wonderful is that?! Ready to make some granola? Let’s go!
Your ingredients:
- 2 cups old fashioned oats (I love these thick cut ones from our local natural food store)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut (optional…if you skip it, add an extra 1/4 cup nuts)
- 1/3 cup pecan pieces
- 1/3 cup walnut pieces (or whatever type of nuts you dig…just put in 2/3 cup total)
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (optional)
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup or honey
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Your Steps to Oven Baked Granola
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and move a rack near the top. Mix all dry ingredients in a medium bowl, including cinnamon and salt. Drizzle the melted coconut oil and syrup on top. Stir until well coated. Grease a medium jelly roll pan (mine was the perfect size at 9 by 13 inches). I greased mine using olive oil cooking spray liberally. Spread the granola evenly onto the pan, pressing down slightly. The granola will likely just come up to the top of the pan. That’s okay.
Place the pan on the top rack and allow to bake for 16 minutes, until it is just browning on the edges. If you like granola that has bigger chunks, DO NOT stir it during that 16 minutes. Remove granola from the oven after 16 minutes and allow it to cool on the counter before you break it apart (again, this will get you that bigger, chunkier granola). Mine was cool in 20 minutes. Store at room temperature in an air tight container. Eat on its own, on top of yogurt, or topped with milk. It’s delicious however you serve it! —Jess
Oven Baked Granola
Ingredients
- 2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut
- 1/3 cup pecan pieces
- 1/3 cup walnut pieces
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds optional
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil melted
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup or honey
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and move a rack near the top.
- Mix all dry ingredients in a medium bowl, including cinnamon and salt. Drizzle the melted coconut oil and syrup on top. Stir until well coated.
- Grease a medium jelly roll pan (mine was the perfect size at 9 by 13 inches).
- Spread the granola evenly onto the pan, pressing down slightly. The granola will likely just come up to the top of the pan.
- Place the pan on the top rack and allow to bake for 16 minutes, until it is just browning on the edges.
- If you like granola that has bigger chunks, DO NOT stir it during that 16 minutes.
- Remove granola from the oven after 16 minutes and allow it to cool on the counter before you break it apart (Again, this will get you that bigger, chunkier granola).
- Store at room temperature in an air tight container.
