Gorgeous Gluten-Free Granola: With A Kitchen Clear Out
Once you’ve made your own granola, you’ll never go back. It’s easy and so delicious. You can use whatever nuts, seeds and dried fruit you have to hand. You can make this recipe for gorgeous gluten-free granola as is or use it as a guide.
The wonderful thing about making your own granola is that you can include or exclude pretty much anything you want. There’s no need to peer at labels, pay expensive prices or pull faces at those papaya chunks you don’t like.
This gorgeous gluten free granola was the result of having a good kitchen clear out.
Kitchen Clear Out
In the run up to leaving Liskeard for Lymington, I tried to use up as many bits and pieces as I could so there was less to lug around or get forgotten. I wasn’t nearly as successful at this enterprise as I would’ve liked, but I did manage to finish off a few packets of this and that and empty some opened jars. Who would have thought my small kitchen could hold so much?
This gorgeous gluten-free granola was absolutely brilliant at enabling a good kitchen clear out. It turned a problem into a solution.
Gorgeous Gluten-Free Granola
In went that half used packet of quinoa pops along with the remains of a box of gluten-free jumbo oats. Various odds and ends of nuts, seeds and dried fruit joined the merry throng. I also finished off a jar of honey and one of coconut oil – result!
I melted the honey and coconut oil together, then tossed in all but the dried fruit. This mixture went into a low oven to bake and when it had cooled, I mixed in the fruit.
I call it gorgeous gluten-free granola because it is precisely that. The proportion of fruit, nuts and seeds to oats is much higher than anything you’ll find on the supermarket shelf and the quinoa pops add an additional note of fun and lightness.
It’s also not overly sweet, which is something I often find off-putting when I’m trying to start the day on a healthy note. The flavours of honey, cinnamon and nutmeg shine through and I can honestly say this was the best granola I’ve eaten in a very long time. I don’t know why I don’t make it more often.
The recipe is infinitely adaptable. Use whatever dried fruit, nuts and seeds you have to hand. You could try amaranth pops instead of quinoa pops or just leave them out altogether. If you’re vegan, just swap the honey for maple syrup or try my dandelion honey.
Gluten-Free Granola: Fuss Free Breakfast
My gorgeous gluten free granola was a godsend when I first moved and was trying to sort everything out. All I needed to do was chop up a banana, throw in some granola then top it with yoghurt. Minimum fuss and breakfast was ready in no time at all.
It’s hard to think of a fast and easy breakfast that could be more delicious.
If you’d like to change things up a bit though, try making this raspberry granola parfait, or these cherry granola pots. For only a little bit of extra effort, it feels like you’re having something very special for breakfast. It’s particularly good if you have friends or family staying over.
Other Granola Recipes You Might Like
- Apricot, pecan & coconut granola via Recipes Made Easy
- Banana nut & honey crunch granola via Lancashire Food
- Chocolate granola via Tin and Thyme
- Easy vegan honey & almond granola via Tin and Thyme
- Mango pina colada healthy granola via Eats Amazing
- S’mores granola clusters via Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
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Gorgeous Gluten-Free Granola. PIN IT.
Gorgeous Gluten Free Granola
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp coconut oil
- 3 tbsp honey
- 100 g jumbo oats gluten free
- 100 g quinoa pops
- 200 g rolled oats (porridge oats) gluten free
- 125 g mixed nuts walnuts, almonds, cashews & hazelnuts – roughly chopped
- 25 g coconut flakes
- 60 g pumpkin seeds
- 25 g sesame seeds
- 25 g linseeds (flaxseeds)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- good grating of nutmeg
- 100 g raisins
- 60 g dried apricots unsulphured – roughly chopped
- 25 g goji berries
Instructions
- Melt the coconut oil and honey in a small pan over a low heat.4 tbsp coconut oil, 3 tbsp honey
- Place all of the remaining ingredients, bar the fruit, in a large bowl. Pour the oil and honey mixture in and stir until everything is evenly coated.100 g jumbo oats, 100 g quinoa pops, 200 g rolled oats (porridge oats), 125 g mixed nuts, 25 g coconut flakes, 60 g pumpkin seeds, 25 g sesame seeds, 25 g linseeds (flaxseeds), 1 tsp ground cinnamon, good grating of nutmeg
- Tip the mixture onto a large baking tray or two smaller ones so that the mixture forms a thinnish layer. Bake at 150℃ (300℉, Gas 2) for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and give a good stir, then bake again for a further 8 minutes, taking care that the coconut flakes don't burn. The mix should be nicely golden, so if it's not, give it a few more minutes.
- Add the dried fruit and stir it in.100 g raisins, 60 g dried apricots, 25 g goji berries
- Allow to cool then store in a clean screw top jar or other airtight container.
Notes
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Sharing
I’m sharing my gorgeous gluten-free granola with #CookBlogShare hosted by Hijacked by Twins.
I love granola but have oddly never made my own. Yours is packed full of so many delicious ingredients!
It’s definitely worth making your own. So much nicer than the bought stuff, plus you can include all your favourites and leave out the stuff you don’t like.
I’ve bookmarked this to try out later; we spend so much on granolas yet have so much of the bits in the cupboard (plus I can add in the bits I like more than what we get on the shelves).
The trouble with making your own granola, is that it’s hard to go back to shop bought – beware!
That looks really tasty. That would make a nice change to my normal breakfast. Shared!
Thanks Jac. It makes a nice change from my normal green smoothie 🙂
Ahh I love a good homemade Granola – such a great way to use up all the odds and ends, and lasts so well. My whole family love it, and I adore how you can modify it to your own tastes.
Thanks Charlie. It’s good to hear from you and hard to believe how quickly time flies. Homemade granola is the best.
I’m reading these posts backwards….. now I know you have moved to Lymington. I hope you are settling in.
Your muesli sounds delicious….. the best muesli has to be ‘clear out muesli’ and should absolutely, definitely, always have nuts…. lots of nuts in it! x
I’m with you on the nuts – an absolute must. I’m settling in well thanks. Tons to do but it’s all very exciting and Lymington is a very pretty place.
I love chucking bits together with oats when I’m having a clear out. I love homemade muesli but I must try to make a granola soon! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Yes muesli’s a good one for finishing odds and ends up too. Muesli is good, but I prefer granola.
What a great treat to take with you to your new home – I was making muesli or granola for a while and now we are buying it and I yearn to make it again but just seeking that little bit of energy – I have some holidays coming up so maybe I can make it then. I too love how it empties out the pantry of bits and pieces.
Good habits are so easily lost. When I used to work in my last highly stressful job I made sourdough bread every week. Now I work from home, it’s not nearly as stressful but I don’t seem to find the time to make my bread nearly as often – hey ho!
Your granola look so good, and I agree making it yourself is definitely better than the buying it from the supermarket. Thanks for including my granola recipe in blog post. 🙂
Thanks Julie. I really need to get into the habit of making granola on a regular basis.
LOVE homemade granola so much. The only problem is that it just never lasts as it’s so moreish!
Haha Claire. There is that. It makes a jolly good snack.
Granola is my stable breakfast when wild camping. And it just so happens I have quinoa pops! I’ll give you recipe a go for my next adventure!
Oh yes, I can see granola would be perfect for camping Monica. Let me know what the verdict is.
Granola is such a good way to clear the cupboards! Really like the sound of those quinoa pops in there.
I think I need to make it more often and clear the cupboards more often too. I’m such a hoarder. I’ve now realised that quinoa pops are an essential ingredient 😉
This looks DELISH! I love granola and the fact that this was homemade using bits and bobs up just makes it even better! I hope you’re settling into your new home well xx
Thanks Gingey. It’s a slow old process, but I’m definitely getting there and it’s all very exciting.
Add Greek yogurt and it’s the perfect breakfast. Best of all, you can even take a jarful with you when you move!
Yes, banana and yoghurt it is for me, though I’ve recently discovered that coconut yoghurt is rather fine.
I love these kinds of recipes! Sometimes the best recipes are invented with bits and bobs found in the back of the cupboard. Thanks for linking to my granola recipes too! 🙂
I agree, granola is such a good thing to make as you can adapt it to pretty much whatever you have to hand.
I love to snack homemade granola..time for me to start another batch!
Yes, very true. It makes an excellent snack.
Your granola sounds delicious! Such a genius idea. I must try making my own too.
Thanks Galina. It’s very well worth it.
Hi Choclette, I’m going to make this but as I haven;t got a very sweet tooth, do you think it would still work with less honey? I realise it needs something moist to make the oats turn crunchy in the oven.
Thanks.
Hi Frances, I’m with you on preferring not to eat anything too sweet for breakfast. I don’t use nearly as much sweetener as many others do for this reason. As there’s quite a lot of bulk, the amount of honey isn’t really that much and it doesn’t taste particularly sweet. But by all means reduce it if you like. It helps to give crunch, but the coconut oil should do the trick anyway – not that I’ve tried it. BTW, I’m going to amend the recipe as I now add the dried fruit after the granola has baked in the oven. If find the oven dries the fruit out too much.
Thank you!
I hope you get that granola just how you like it.