This easy gluten free granola recipe is the perfect morning or mid-day treat loaded with fiber, antioxidants, and protein! It is a great refined sugar-free granola recipe that is a staple in our kitchen. You won’t spend money on store-bought granola again! Plus, you’ll get my secret for crunchy granola clusters!
Gluten-Free Granola
Sick of store bought granola? I was definitely sick of reading labels and seeing so many forms of sugar and additives! I came up with this recipe and everyone who has made it raves about it! Crunchy and delicious; perfect on top of a smoothie bowl, a yogurt fruit bowl, or just as a snack! Plus it makes your kitchen smell AMAZING!
Everybody simply loves this gluten free granola recipe with honey recipe. It’s a family favorite, and great to gift, too!
Are Oats Gluten-Free?
Oats are naturally gluten-free, but stray wheat, rye, or barley can be introduced during the harvesting and transportation. Therefore I always buy gluten-free rolled oats.
Those chunky granola clusters are the BEST.
Eat homemade granola with:
- Nut milk and berries
- Yogurt
- Smoothie bowls
- As a snack
- On top of Ice Cream
- With banana or an apple and nut butter
Like this easy granola recipe and want other breakfast recipes? Try these:
How do you make homemade granola
Watch the video:
Gluten Free Granola
Chunky Gluten-Free Granola
Ingredients
- 4 cups organic gluten-free rolled oats
- 1 cup nuts/seeds (I use slivered raw almonds, chopped walnuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, and whole raw almonds)
- 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- Optional: 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- Dash of salt
- Optional: 3 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup raw organic honey
- 3 tablespoons organic pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons organic molasses
- 1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
- Optional: 1/2 cup dried fruit
- 1 large egg white, whisked well until frothy
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F.
- Line baking sheet with parchment paper or baking sheet liner and set aside.
- In a large bowl combine organic oats, nuts/seeds, and flaxseed meal, with cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice (if using), a dash of salt, and optional coconut sugar if adding.
- In a small saucepan heat the oil, honey, vanilla extract, and pure maple syrup, and molasses. Once the mixture starts to boil, take off heat and pour over nut mixture. Mix well.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the egg white until frothy. Add to the granola mixture and mix well.
- Pour onto baking sheet and bake, until golden brown, about 15-20 minutes. Watch carefully to avoid burning. Add the dried fruit of choice and stir well.
- Let cool, without mixing, and once cool break into clusters and store in an air-tight container for 2-4 weeks.
Recipe Notes
- *I generally add the dried fruit as I eat. When mixed in during baking, and then stored I have found that the dried fruit gets hard after about a week. If you are serving the granola right away, feel free to mix them in.
- **Adding whisked egg whites to the granola helps create clusters and make it extra crunchy!
- *** Photos updated May, 2017.
use our hashtag!
I am so excited that you are making a recipe and would love to see how it turns out! Make sure to use the hashtag on social media!
#LEXISCLEANKITCHEN
29 comments on “The BEST Gluten-Free Granola (Video)”
Never buy store bought granola again!!! This granola tastes exactly like store bought granola, maybe even a little better! I just maybe this last night and I already LOVE it!!!!
This turned out great! It’s so easy to make, I was even able to make it in my college dorm kitchen – which my whole floor thanked me for because I made our floor smell AMAZING! Definitely going to make this again!
So so happy you liked it!
Can’t wait to make this later!! Any ideas on a serving size?? Thanks!
how do you store this and how long does it last?
Air-tight container. Lasts for weeks!
This sounds delicious! Going to try this recipe next time I’m making granola! When would I add in the egg whites?
This is the absolute best granola recipe! I make it all the time.
So happy you like it!!
Can I use maple syrup instead of the honey?
Yes — I do like honey because it’s thicker and a little stickier, but you can!
What can you add besides egg whites to keep it vegan?
You can omit the egg whites for vegan.
I watched the video and it mentions adding in coconut sugar. The recipe on this email does not mention coconut sugar. I am thinking 1/4 cup?
2-4 tablespoons!
Can’t wait to try, is there anything I can use in place of coconut oil?
Do u know the nutritional value? Calories, carbs, fat, etc? Thank u.
If I don’t have molasses can I use something else? Thanks
HI
Is there anything I can use instead of molasses?
TIA
More honey/maple syrup.
Any ideas/thoughts on what can substitute coconut sugar?
Maple sugar, or omit.
I love homemade granola! Looks delicious and perfect for breakfast ♥
Looks yummy can’t wait to make it Ty for sharing.
I wish I made this sooner!! The granola came out so delicious.
Family favorite in my house. I make this regularly for my gluten free hubby who eats it with rice chex cereal and milk in the morning. I love it with plain nonfat greek yogurt and a little drizzle of honey. I dont do the egg white part, and I find we get lots of clusters just by breaking it apart into bigger pieces when I am removing from the sheet pan.
I use the pumpkin pie spice (or apple pie spice), but not the coconut sugar, or dried fruit.