Healthy Peanut Butter Granola Recipe

This Healthy Peanut Butter Granola Recipe is a delicious make-ahead breakfast made with only 6 ingredients in 30 minutes! Plus it's gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar free, oil free and vegan-friendly.

Course Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free, Low Lactose, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings Cups Granola

Calories 161kcal

Author Laura

Equipment

Ingredients

2 cups old-fashioned or quick cooking oats*
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp sea salt
6 TBS natural peanut butter
¼ cup honey or maple syrup for vegan
½ tsp pure vanilla extract

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a large cookie sheet and set aside.
In a small bowl, mix together oats, salt and cinnamon. Set aside
In a microwave safe dish or on the stovetop, melt the peanut butter and honey (or maple syrup) together until smooth.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Stir in dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
Spread mixture on prepared cookie sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until granola is lightly browned, stirring the granola once gently half way through. (A great way to test for doneness is to remove a small portion of the granola from the pan and set it on the counter. If it hardens as it cools the rest of the granola is done)!
Remove from oven and let sit until cooled.
Once cooled, break apart and eat!

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Notes

*Nutritional information is calculated based on a serving size of ¼ cup!

Store/freeze

Store this granola in an airtight container or glass jar with a lid at room temperature for up to 2 weeks or in the freezer for up to 2 months.

Ingredient Substitutions

Oats: I have had great success with both quick-cooking and old-fashioned oats in this recipe! Using the quick-cooking variety produces a chunkier granola (it's what I used in the batch pictured).
Honey: You can easily substitute maple syrup for a vegan option!
Peanut Butter: Any nut or seed butter can be used in place of peanut butter. If you use a firmer variety of peanut butter {not a runny, natural kind}, just be sure to melt it completely with the honey before adding the rest of the wet ingredients.

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