Maple Cinnamon Granola
A simple, crunchy homemade granola. This recipe is golden, lightly spiced and ready in around 20 minutes.
Servings 3 cups
Ingredients
- 1½ cups rolled oats
- ½ cup mixed nuts roughly chopped
- ½ cup shredded coconut
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅙ cup macadamia oil
- ⅙ cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup sultanas or cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C fan forced and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- In a large bowl, mix oats, nuts, coconut flakes, cinnamon and salt.
- Whisk together oil, maple syrup and vanilla.
- Pour over the oat mixture and stir until everything is evenly coated.
- Spread evenly on the tray (press down slightly if you like bigger clusters).
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, stirring halfway, until golden and fragrant.
- Allow to cool completely - it will crisp up as it cools.
- Stir through sultanas/cranberries once cooled.
Notes
UPF-Friendly Swaps
To keep this recipe closer to minimally processed foods, choose:- Rolled oats: Plain rolled oats with no added flavours, sugars or other ingredients.
- Nuts: Unsalted, plain nuts without added oils, coatings or flavourings.
- Coconut flakes: Unsweetened coconut flakes.
- Macadamia oil: A simple macadamia oil with no added ingredients.
- Maple syrup: 100% pure maple syrup rather than maple-flavoured syrup.
- Dried cranberries: Choose unsweetened or minimally processed cranberries where available, as many varieties contain added sugar or other ingredients.
- Vanilla: Pure vanilla extract rather than vanilla-flavoured syrups or imitation products, if preferred.