Maple Walnut Granola is sweet, crunchy, and delicious, made with healthy whole grains, natural sweetener, and filled with soft, flavorful walnuts.
Granola is one of those foods that can either be a health food or a junk food. It really depends how you (or some company) makes it. Often, store-bought granola contains tons of refined sugar, oil, and calories. So while granola from the store may seem like the healthy choice, we're probably better off staying away from all those terrible ingredients.
Luckily, I've got a delicious granola recipe for you today. In my granola recipes I don't use any added sugars, oils, or other harmful ingredients. You can feel confident that the foods you're putting into your body are good for you. And delicious too!
I've shared a couple of amazing granola recipes with you guys. Specifically, my Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte Granola and my Chia Granola. But this Maple Walnut Granola is extra special.
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No added sugar
Before I started avoiding oil and added sugars, I loved eating Purely Elizabeth's Maple Walnut Granola. The flavor combination of maple syrup and walnuts is to die for! And while I still love the healthy mission that Purely Elizabeth promotes, I'm no longer a fan of her ingredients. Foods like coconut sugar, coconut oil, and maple syrup seem healthy but really aren't. Oils and sugars are highly processed foods that provide high calories with no nutritional value. When choosing what to put into my body, my primary goal is to maximize nutrition. That's why I created my own Maple Walnut Granola -- one that (hopefully) rivals the Purely Elizabeth brand in taste and definitely beats it out for nutritional quality.
My largest concern when trying to make MAPLE Walnut Granola without added sugars was the maple syrup. How on earth can I get maple flavor without maple syrup?! Luckily I discovered maple extract. It's similar to vanilla extract, except maple! Maple extract gives us that amazing maple flavor without the non-nutritionally dense calories that come from maple syrup.
Ingredient Notes
- Rolled Oats: Rolled oats are best for granola, they aren't too small like quick oats. Don't use steel cut oats for granola as they will be too hard to eat.
- Puffed Amaranth: Amaranth is an extremely healthy grain filled with fiber and essential nutrients. Puffed amaranth has a nutty flavor and has a very light crunch (kind of like popcorn). It adds volume and an extra layer of flavor to the granola. You can buy puffed amaranth from a health foods store or Amazon. You can also buy uncooked amaranth and puff it yourself. It's quite fun!
- Walnuts: Raw walnuts are best here.
- Date Sugar: Date sugar is just dried dates that have been ground up. It's a completely fruit-sweetened sweetener. You can find date sugar on Amazon or at your local health foods store.
- Chia Seeds
- Salt
- Cinnamon
- Date Syrup: Date syrup is similar to date sugar, except the dates aren't dried before they are blended, leaving a nice thick, sweet syrup. You can find it on Amazon or at your local health foods store.
- Maple Extract: Maple extract is optional, but if you want some extra maple flavor I suggest using it.
How to make Maple Walnut Granola
Step 1. Preheat the oven to 350. In a medium bowl mix the dry ingredients. Add in the wet ingredients and stir until mixed thoroughly.
Step 2. Spread on a parchment-lined baking pan and bake for 15 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on the pan before breaking into chunks. Enjoy!
Recipe Prayer
Jesus, thank you for healthy, nutritionally dense ingredients. Thank you for giving us the option to make our own food and express the creativity you give us. Amen.
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📖 Recipe
Maple Walnut Granola
Ingredients
- ¾ Cup Rolled Oats
- ½ Cup Puffed Amaranth
- ⅓ Cup Chopped Walnuts
- 2 Tablespoons Date Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Chia Seeds
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- ¼ Teaspoon Cinnamon
- ¼ Cup Date Syrup
- 1 Teaspoon Maple Extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350. In a medium bowl mix the dry ingredients. Add in the wet ingredients and stir until mixed thoroughly.
- Spread on a parchment-lined baking pan and bake for 15 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on the pan before breaking into chunks. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is an estimate.
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