The best part of making homemade granola, ok, two best parts: 1. It’s the easiest baking project ever 2. You can make it any flavor you darn well please.

I’ve been obsessed with gingerbread this winter. Cookies, cake loaves, muffins, mug cakes… you name it.

So I had to make a gingerbread granola to adorn my yogurt bowl with for the coziest mornings. This granola is low in added sugar so it’s as good of a breakfast choice as it gets!

OK, if you’re ready, let me teach you this easiest baking trick that I guarantee you will fall in love with and keep creating your own flavors granola at home.

The possibilities are literally endless. PS, I’m also going to teach you my trick to make mad CLUSTERS!

Print Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Easy Gingerbread Granola

Prep Time10

Cook Time1 15

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Keyword: breakfast, easy recipes, ginger molasses, gingerbread, gluten-free, granola, holiday baking, holidays, low sugar, plant-based, small-batch, vegan, yogurt bowl

Servings: servings

Calories: 145kcal

Equipment

Cookie sheet

Ingredients

1/4 cup coconut oil melted (60 g) sub other oil
1/4 cup almond butter (64 g)
2 tbsp maple syrup (42 g)
2 tbsp molasses (42 g)
4 cups rolled oats (320 g)
1/2 cup chopped/slivered almonds (60 g)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg/cloves or both!
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup (Optional) raisins or other dried fruit chopped Optional, add if you like your granola sweet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 250F and line a cookie sheet with parchment.
In a medium bowl melt coconut oil (I use the microwave) and blend with almond butter, maple syrup, molasses.
If you want clusters in your granola, process 1 cup oats in to oat flour. Otherwise skip this step.
In a large bowl whisk together oats (oat flour), spices, almonds.
Pour wet into dry and mix until oats are thoroughly coated.
Spread evenly into cookie sheet and bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, quickly stirring every 15 minutes for even baking.
Let granola cool and stir in raisins if using.
Store in a sealed container. Enjoy!

Notes

Granola keeps forever, you’ll finish it before it remotely goes stale.
Here’s the ULTIMATE breakfast formula: 3/4 cup greek yogurt, 1/4 cup granola, 1/2 cup fruit, 1 tbsp nut/seed butter. 👌