Basic Homemade Granola

Basic Homemade Granola

Breakfast
60 min
373 kcal / serving

This Basic Homemade Granola Recipe only requires six ingredients and can easily be customized with nuts or dried fruits. Eat this buttery, coconut granola plain or as a topping for yogurt.

Ingredients

  • 3 cupsold-fashioned oats
  • ¾ cupcoconut flakes,, sweetened
  • ½ tspsea salt
  • ⅓ cupunsalted butter
  • ⅓ cuphoney
  • 1 tspvanilla

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

  2. 2

    Melt the butter in a medium bowl.

  3. 3

    Add the honey and vanilla extract, mix well.  Set aside.

  4. 4

    In a large bowl, stir together oats, coconut flakes, and salt.

  5. 5

    Add the butter mixture over the oats and mix until fully coated.

  6. 6

    Spread the granola on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 50 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.

  7. 7

    If the granola is not golden brown and toasted after 50 minutes, raise the temperature to 275 degrees and bake for an additional 5-7 minutes.  Keep a close eye so it doesn't burn.

  8. 8

    Let cool completely and then store in an airtight container.