This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.
Sorry for the photo overload but I could not, for the life of me, choose between these photos. I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss an ounce of detail in this granola (do you see those SPECKS of vanilla beans?!) because it’s my FAVORITE granola I’ve ever ever made. This made almost three mason jars full and I ate it ALL. Jason never even had a chance! I feel {slightly} bad about it but I couldn’t share this one. I think I ate it every day for breakfast with my Chobani Greek yogurt and fruit, and I would keep snacking on it in the evenings after dinner. With the holidays coming up, you can totally gift this too. Just put it in a mason jar and tie it up with a ribbon :) I guarantee you, the second the recipient opens the lid, they will be forever grateful for you!
Last night, I went and did something that I should’ve done over a year ago when we moved into this house. I finally signed up for a gym membership at the gym down the street from us. No lie, it takes less than a minute to drive there and I could walk there in 5 minutes. I can’t believe I’ve been waiting so long. I think it’s the commitment thing. I don’t like that you have to basically commit yourself to the gym contract and be bound to it. I just don’t like contracts that take money from you every month ;) I figured that this gym membership and actually going, can justify all my cupcake eating habits. I’m really excited to try out exercise classes and to finally get back in the pool. I used to be a really good swimmer and I just stopped. I hope to get back into it! Won’t you help and encourage me? Rachel and I have decided we’d keep each other accountable every morning by texting each other at 5am (uh, are we crazy?) to make sure we’re up and heading to the gym. Nothing like waking up at the buttcrack of dawn, huh?
I’m sure I’ll need a lot of this coconut vanilla granola to get me going! You seriously have to give this a try. If you loved my peanut butter granola, then you’ll flip over this coconut vanilla granola. Really, it’s amazing. Think about sitting on the beach, under a cabana, sipping on a pina colada with a pretty umbrella. Yup, that’s how I felt when smelling and eating this coconut vanilla granola. Am I exaggerating? No. You have to smell this for yourself to believe me! Smell-o-vision would be a great invention right about now..
Coconut Vanilla Granola
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups (162 g) old fashioned oats, NOT quick oats
- ¾ cup (88 g) walnuts, chopped
- ¾ shredded sweetened coconut
- ½ cup (118 g) sliced almonds
- 2 tablespoon dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
- ½ cup (161 g) pure maple syrup
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 °F (163 °C) and line a large baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, toss together oats, walnuts, coconut, almonds, dark brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.2 cups (162 g) old fashioned oats, 3/4 cup (88 g) walnuts, 3/4 shredded sweetened coconut, 1/2 cup (118 g) sliced almonds, 2 tablespoon dark brown sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon salt
- In a medium bowl, whisk together coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and vanilla bean paste.4 tablespoon coconut oil, 1/2 cup (161 g) pure maple syrup, 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- Pour the liquid mixture over the oat mixture and stir until all the dry ingredients are well coated.
- Spread mixture in an even layer on the lined baking sheet and bake for 30-45 minutes, or until mixture turns a light golden brown. You’ll want to check on it every 10 minutes and stir it around to make sure it doesn’t burn.
Nutrition
There is an affiliate link in this post.
I love waking up to granola! This coconut version just sounds dreamy!
I might have to make this to snack on while on the treadmill lol ;) And apparently I need to change my notification settings before Monday huh?
I love granola this sounds wonderful.I wake up at 5:00 am to walk in my neighborhood
That’s funny, I’m eating coconut vanilla yogurt right. This granola would be the perfect addition!
Julie,
The granola looks amazing! I can’t wait to try it! I love the gift idea as well.
(p.s. There’s nothing wrong with the buttcrack of dawn!) :)
I just had some coconut cream greek yogurt for a snack and would have loved some of that granola on top! Can not wait to try this recipe out.
I hope you love it as much as I do!
Your granola looks perfect and delicious! I just want to scoop up a handful! Granola is something I’ve never had fantastic luck with making, going to give it another try with this recipe!
Fabulous- I have been meaning to make some for so long. Looks so good.
My family would LOVE this granola recipe ~ must try :)
I’d love to be able to put some of this with yogurt!