Healthy Granola Recipe
by Sommer Collier — last updated on May 20, 2025 
Our Healthy Granola Recipe is just like my mom used to make! Try this Homemade Granola Recipe as cereal, with milk or yogurt, or even serve it over ice cream!
Sommer’s Recipe Notes
When I make mom’s granola, AKA our Best Homemade Granola Recipe Ever, I tend to do as mom did and use whatever I find in the pantry to mix in with the oats.
Yet when I’m planning ahead, our healthy granola recipe posted here is my favorite combination. I love the color the pepitas, dried cherries, and golden raisins bring. I also minimize the spice. Cinnamon is powerful; too much will mask all the other brilliant flavors.
We sometimes make this granola without the dried fruit, and serve it as a crunchy topping for ice cream with berry sauce, and over fresh-cut fruit! This is truly a versatile recipe you will want to make again and again.
Why You’ll Love Our Healthy Granola Recipe
- Easy To Make – Just throw the ingredients on a sheet pan, mix, and bake!
- Easy To Tweak – Use the seeds, nuts, and dried fruit recommended here, or swap them out for your favorite granola ingredients.
- Easy to Love – Seriously, this homemade cereal blend is so addictive. Make a double or triple batch to enjoy all month.
Healthy Granola Recipe Ingredients
- Rolled Oats – the base of the recipe
- Shredded Coconut – this ingredient is optional, but adds extra flavor
- Slivered Almonds – to add some protein
- Pepitas – shelled pumpkin seeds
- Flax Seeds – a great source of fiber
- Oil – or you can use melted butter
- Honey – a sweetener that is all natural
- Cinnamon – this is a great spice to add
- Salt – always
- Dried Cherries – another ingredient that brings in tangy sweetness
- Golden Raisins – or black raisins will work as well
How to Make Granola
Find the full Homemade Granola recipe with ingredient proportions, detailed instructions, cooking tips, and a video tutorial in the printable form at the bottom of the post.
Protein Pointer: The seeds and nuts used contain a good amount of protein, especially pumpkin seeds! However, if you want to add more protein to the recipe, consider adding hemp seeds, peanuts, or pistachios to the mix.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you are not a fan of coconut, you can omit it entirely. Yet if you wanted to replace it, you could add in another nut or dried fruit, like cashews or dried apricots.
Yes, you can add anything you like! Just be sure to hold off on adding dried fruit until after it bakes.
Granola can be healthy because it is packed with fiber and nutrients, but with every addition of nuts, dried fruits, and seeds, the calorie count grows higher. Even so, this granola recipe is high in fiber, protein, iron, and heart-healthy fats.
When you store this recipe in an airtight container, it can last up to 3 weeks at room temperature or in the fridge. If you put this in the freezer, it will last up to 6 months.
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Healthy Homemade Granola Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 3/4 cup slivered almonds
- 1/2 cup pepitas (shelled pumpkin seeds)
- 1/4 cup flax seeds
- 2 tablespoons oil or melted butter
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup dried cherries
- 1/2 cup golden raisins (or black raisins)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a rimmed cookie sheet with non-stick spray. Mix oats, coconut, seeds, and nuts on the cookie sheet. Pour oil and honey over the mixture and sprinkle with salt and cinnamon. Toss well. Spread the mixture evenly over the cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the coconut is golden-brown, flipping once and respreading after 10 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheet.
- Once cooled, mix in the dried fruit and store in an air-tight container.
Made this granola and it was SO good! I gave some to my friends too, it makes a wonderful gift!
This is such a delicious and flavorful granola recipe!! So good!
One of the easiest granola recipes I have tried!
Yum! My daughter loves cereal. She’s definitely going to like this recipe! Can’t wait to show her!
What an amazing & healthy recipe sommer and it looks soo yummy & sound too delicious also…I can’t wait to try ti..Thanks for sharing…..!
Hello Sommer, this Granola recipe is quite an interesting read. The recipe is straightforward and easy to make. I would be doing this over and over again. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome, easy-to-follow recipe. My babies loved the outcome. Thanks Sommer for sharing.
Hi Sommer, this is a perfect recipe for cheat days. Would definitely try it out on Sunday.
Keep up with the good work.
Regards
Mike
Looks delicious and easy to make, now I can make at home and will try this week hope it’ll as good as you do, my kids very love this. Five stars for you and thanks for sharing Sommer!
Legit speechless, that classic homemade granola recipe looks unreal! Definitely I will make it on the weekend for my family.