Earlier this week we made this Easy Crockpot Granola to serve with our yogurt. Keep the kitchen cool instead of heating up the oven!
A super easy recipe from ThePeacefulMom.com!
Ingredients
- 5 cups rolled oats (we use Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Rolled Oats)
- 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes (use unsweetened if you prefer)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup oil (we use extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil would also be good)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add oats, coconut and cinnamon to crockpot and stir to combine.
- Add oil and honey (if you use the same measuring cup you used for the oil to measure the honey, it will slide out of the cup more easily.)
- Add vanilla.
- Stir until all ingredients are well incorporated.
- Cook on low for one hour with the lid of the crockpot cracked.
- Stir granola and replace lid (slightly open).
- Cook for 2 additional hours, stirring every 30 minutes for the first hour and every 15 minutes for the last hour. This burns easily!
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Notes
You can also add pecans (or other nuts) and dried fruit to the mixture.
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I’ve never thought of using a crockpot for this! What a great idea.
Thanks Maureen.
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I’ve been wanting to try one of these recipes – this looks like an easy/great one to start with… if you want to add nuts or fruit, at what point do you do so?
I add the nuts and fruit afterward, but you could add the nuts earlier if you want to roast them a little bit.
thanks kimberlee… gonna try it!
I just made this for the first time and it earned the thumbs up from my 8 year old! She has food allergies, so this is a perfect way to avoid the store bought granola where cross contamination is an issue. Thanks for sharing!
You are very welcome Janina–glad she liked it!
I am so excited to try this awesome recipe! I also want to make homemade granola bars for my family but never have and don’t have a recipe, I will search for a recipe online but I want to ask you first have you ever tweaked this recipe to make them? Thanks so much!
I have not made granola bars, but I don’t think they would work in the crockpot because you have to stir this to keep the oats from burning.
Not sure, but I imagine that you would add the nuts/dried fruit AFTER the granola is cooked and cooled? Thx.
Pam
Yes, I think that would work best.
My dd doesn’t like coconut… any alternatives?
You can easily just leave out the coconut. Really any dried fruit can be added or you can just serve it without any fruit.
Have you ever tried to double this? Do you think it cook up the same if in a 6 qt. crockpot? Recipe looks great and I’m anxious to try it. Just wondering if I can make more at a time.
Hi Rachel! It would probably just take longer to cook. The oats brown because they come into contact with the sides or bottom of the crock, so adding more oats would make it more difficult to get all of them browned. Just my thoughts, I haven’t tried it myself.
just made this tonight to go on top of some yogurt parfaits – delicious!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Summer! Thanks for taking the time to let me know.