Healthy recipes for granola and granola bars are a dime a dozen. I have even shared several on my own site; like my favorite Chewy Oatmeal Peanut Butter Granola Bars Recipe.
But let me tell YOU, I have a recipe for granola that trumps many others and it is NOT A granola BAR recipe…it requires ZERO baking and comes together faster than you can say; “healthy homemade granola!” Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
I threw this little concoction together the other night because I wanted something sweet that wouldn’t break the caloric bank; if you track calories and that sort of thing.
I started with the intention of making a homemade Lara bar; they are quite simple to make, don’t require loads of ingredients, and taste divine! An excellent, on-the-go snack.
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But I didn’t want a bar. I wanted crumbly. I wanted a topping. I wanted…granola! So here is what I did. I realize this recipe is not super inventive, but sweet, salty, chewy, crunchy, and uber-scrumptious all rolled in to one!? Yoooooooooooooooou BETCHA!
Healthy Homemade NO-BAKE Granola Recipe
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup chopped dates (or you could just use more raisins)
- 1/4 cup + 2 T Old fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup walnuts
- 1/4 cup pecans
- 2 T nut butter (I use peanut)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Optional; chia seeds, hemp seeds, coconut, chocolate chips (I added chocolate chips)
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These recipes are the bestest. And bonus, I have this stuff in my pantry now. Great share! These are a perfect snack for the whole week.
Sounds amazing! It’s been so long since I’ve had granola!
I want no-bake granola! In fact, that’s what my own recipe is; “Gina’s No-Bake Raw-Nola!”. haha, cute eh? Mine has a lot more peanut butter though (2 cups!) and zero dried fruit (I can’t handle much dried fruit). My favorite granola add-ins are walnuts and almonds. And….dark chocolate chips
That recipe is insanely simple. I like it!