Nut-free granola with just 4 ingredients and insanely delicious!
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There are so many ways to jazz up granola that the options are endless! But hey, maybe you're looking for a granola recipe without nuts, possibly even without seeds. Some of the main reasons for this could be food allergies or stomach issues where you can't tolerate nuts. You still deserve something delicious...and you're getting it with THIS! Eat up and enjoy.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
Ingredients
- Old fashioned oats
- Maple syrup
- Vanilla extract
- Extra light tasting olive oil
- This is very important! The extra light tasting olive oil is great for baking. I wouldn’t use an olive oil for marinades in this recipe. Keep scrolling for what I'd recommend as a substitution.
Equipment
- Sheet pan
- Medium/large bowl
- Spatula
- Measuring spoons and cups
HOW TO MAKE NUT-FREE GRANOLA
This is kind of like a dump recipe.
- Just mix all the ingredients together in your bowl.
- Link your baking sheet with parchment paper for easy clean-up.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 375F. Let it cool without mixing and eat!
For this recipe, I leave the oats close together, just like it's pictured below. It pretty much helps to create some clusters and leaving it alone to cool is the key to getting crunchy granola!
VARIATIONS/SUBSTITUTIONS
Oil
- If you don't have extra light tasting olive oil for baking then you can use canola oil
Sweetener
- Honey can be used if you don't have pure maple syrup on hand
Mix-ins
I chose to keep this recipe pretty simple, but you can definitely add some yummy foods to it. Below are some suggestions.
- Raisins/craisins
- Coconut flakes
- Milk chocolate chips/dark chocolate chips/white chocolate chips
- Add these at the very end once your granola has cooled so they don't melt
- Pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
- Sunflower seeds or any other type of seeds that you like
HOW TO EAT GRANOLA
Besides the obvious choice of eating granola with yogurt, granola can be eaten in other ways!
- On top of a plain cereal such as bran flakes or cheerios for extra flavor/sweetness!
- As a snack all by itself
- Eat granola with a cheese stick for a balanced snack!
- Sprinkled on top of cooked oatmeal, muesli, or cream of wheat for a crunch
- Sprinkled on top of a smoothie bowl
HOW TO STORE
You'll want to store your granola in a container with a tight lid to help keep it fresh. Eat within one week for maximum freshness. It probably won't last much longer than that since it's so good!
Granola can be stored on your counter or in the pantry.
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Nut-Free Granola Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1, ½ cup old fashioned oats
- 1 tablespoon extra light tasting olive oil can substitute and use canola oil
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Add all ingredients to your bowl and mix well. The mixture may get sligty clumpy, which is ok!
- Spread the mixture on your baking sheet. You can line the baking sheet with parchment paper for easy clean up. *To get crunchy granola, keep the oats close together (clumpy)
- Bake for 12-15 minutes. Let it cool on a cooling rack (trivet). Do not mix it yet.
- Once the granola has cooled (it takes about 30 minutes to cool), mix it, and transfer to a container with a tight lid. Enjoy!Serving size = ⅓ cup
Notes
- Serving size = ⅓ cup
- For more servings, you can do ¼ cup and get ~8 servings from this.
- Canola oil can be substituted for extra light olive oil
- Honey can be substituted for maple syrup
- You can easily double this recipe!
Amy
I made the recipe twice at home and then on a winter lodge campout with 16 girl scouts. It was a hit! We reduced the cooking time to 12 minutes to avoid burning the edges, and cut the Vanilla to 3/4 tsp per recipe. We also sprinkled 1 1/2 tsp. of Mini Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips over the mixture after the granola came out of the oven. The other 5 girl scout leaders all wanted the recipe. It is a quick easy granola to make. Thank you for the recipe!
KeyVion Miller RDN, LD/N
That sounds wonderful! And I am so glad to know that others enjoyed it as well. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Christine
Super easy, very yummy nut free granola! Made it exactly as written for my daughter who has a nut allergy (although I think I used the wrong oats - need to get bigger ones next time) - and it was perfect.
KeyVion Miller RDN, LD/N
Hi Christine! So glad you were able to make an allergy-free granola for your daughter to enjoy! Thanks for stopping by.
kolton
THIS WAS SO GOOD OML I WOULD MAKE THIS AGAIN
KeyVion Miller RDN, LD/N
So glad you enjoyed it!!
Chrissy Veillon
Ive been making this for my family for a few weeks now and we love it. Its so customizable too. I add cinnamon and brown sugar to ours.
KeyVion Miller RDN, LD/N
Hi Chrissy! It's so great to hear that your family loves the recipe. Definitely can't go wrong with adding cinnamon and brown sugar ;-). Thanks for stopping by!!
Cari L Baxter
Thank you! Finally a tasty granola made with healthy, nut-free ingredients!
Megan
Not gonna lie, I was skeptical of this at first. Olive oil seemed weird and that seemed like a lot of vanilla, but it turned out so yummy! I needed a basic, nut free granola and this was perfect!
KeyVion Miller RDN, LD/N
lol, I appreciate your honesty. SO happy this was a recipe you were looking for!