Homemade Oil-Free Granola

Homemade Oil-Free Granola

A simple oil-free granola recipe that is great for breakfast, snacks, and on the go. It is sweetened with maple syrup, honey, and orange juice, which results in a healthy and high-energy alternative to store-bought granola.

Course Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1

Servings

Author Muneeza Ahmed

Equipment

2 baking sheets
Parchment Paper
3 Mixing bowls 2 large and 1 small
1 Mixing spoon

Ingredients

2 cups gluten-free rolled oats
2 cups gluten-free steel-cut oats
½ cup chia seeds
½ cup pumpkin seeds Optional, omit if fat-free
½ cup cashews Omit if fat-free
½ cup raisins
½ cup mulberries
¾ cup maple syrup
1 ½ cups orange juice
2 tsp cinnamon powder
3 bananas, chopped
2 apples, chopped
2 tbsp raw honey
½ tsp cardamom powder

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Instructions

If you are omitting the pumpkin seeds and cashews to remain fat-free, add 1 cup of raisins instead of ½ a cup.
Start your oven at 400 F and prep baking sheets with parchment paper.
Start by chopping the fruit, and place it in a bowl.
Add the raw honey, 3/4 cup orange juice and cardamom and mix to make sure the honey evenly coats the fruit. Add raisins and mulberries to the fruit mixture, even though they are dried. The liquid from the orange juice and honey will help to plump up these dried fruits.
Once the oven is at full temperature, spread the honey-covered fruit on your prepared baking sheet. Bake the fruit for about 15 - 20 minutes.
While the fruit is baking, place all the other ingredients, the oats, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, and cashews in another mixing bowl.
Put the remaining orange juice, maple syrup, and cinnamon powder into a small bowl and mix thoroughly.
Pour the maple syrup and orange juice mixture over the oats, nuts & seeds mixture in the other bowl and coat evenly.
Evenly spread the granola mixture onto a baking sheet - you might need more than one baking tray or you may have to bake half the mixture in one tray and then the rest later.
Before baking the granola, pull out the fruit mixture and let it cool.
Bake for 20 minutes making sure to turn the granola every 5 -6 minutes to ensure even crisp baking.
Let the granola cool down for 15 minutes before breaking it up. Even if the granola is gooey when it comes out of the oven warm, as it cools, it will become more crisp.
Add the baked fruit and the crispy broken-up granola together in a bowl and mix well. Then store in an air tight jar to use for breakfast or as a snack.