Best Homemade Low Sugar Granola Recipe
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Best Homemade Low Sugar Granola Recipe
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You can’t beat homemade granola, and it’s surprisingly quick and easy to make – ready in about half an hour. This version is low in sugar, packed with healthy almonds, puffed rice and other natural ingredients and is super easy to customise with whichever nuts, seeds, grains and fruit you prefer!
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Ingredients
- 4 cups rolled oats the chunky ones, not super fine quick cooking oats
- 1½ cups almonds or other nuts and seeds of your choice
- ½ cup puffed rice or puffed wheat or mixed grains - optional!
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup coconut oil you can also use olive oil or something neutral like canola oil
- ⅓ cup maple syrup or honey - or a combination of the two – up to you!
- ½ cup shredded coconut
- ½ cup dried fruit chopped apricots or prunes, cranberries, raisins/sultanas, mango – whatever you like
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F/175C.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats with the nuts/seeds and puffed rice (if using). Also add the salt.
- Gently heat the oil and maple syrup/honey together in a small saucepan, then pour into the oat mixture and mix really well.
- Spread the mixture out onto a large baking sheet (use two if you like – see note).
- Bake for about 15 minutes, then take the tray out of the oven, stir the granola, then sprinkle over the coconut.
- Bake for about another 10 minutes. Press the granola down with the back of a wooden spoon (to encourage clumping!) and leave to cool.
- Stir through the dried fruit, then store granola in sealed glass containers.
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Notes
- Nutritional info: Please note that the stated nutritional info is a rough estimate as the values will vary greatly according to what type of nuts/seeds, what type of oil etc. you decide to use.
- Baking tray: I use one fairly large baking tray for one batch of granola, and the granola just about fits on it in one fairly thick layer. You might prefer to use two baking trays. This way you can spread the granola out a bit more and it will probably cook more evenly.
- Sweetness and oil: There’s a lot of wiggle room here! Mr. Scrummy and I don’t like our granola to be too sweet, so ¼ to 1/3 cup of maple syrup or honey is plenty for us. You might have to experiment a bit to find your ‘sweet spot’ (!!). Start with ¼ cup, and take it up from there.
- All in all, this is a highly adaptable recipe, and you can take it wherever you wish to go!
- Optional spices: Sometimes I sprinkle some cinnamon and/or ground ginger into my granola mixture before baking. Start with no more than a teaspoon.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
322kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
35g
(12%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
17g
(26%)
Saturated Fat
7g
(35%)
Sodium
18mg
(1%)
Potassium
260mg
(7%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Calcium
72mg
(7%)
Iron
2.1mg
(12%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 322 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 322kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 35g | 12% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Sodium | 18mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 260mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Calcium | 72mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2.1mg | 12% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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