Healthy Stovetop Granola

Stovetop Granola is a crunchy, tasty, and healthy recipe. It makes a perfect hearty breakfast to enjoy with some yogurt or milk along with some fruits. Make this easy and energy boosting stovetop granola in under 20 minutes! 

Granola tastes so much better when you make it at home rather than buying it at the store. The store bought granola is loaded with sugar and preservatives. Once you start making your own granola, you will never go back to the store to buy granola for sure 🙂 

Homemade stovetop granola is a very quick, easy, and cost effective method of making granola. Additionally, you can control the sweetness and use the quality ingredients of your choice. 

The stovetop granola recipe takes very less time compared to the traditional way in the oven. Everyone doesn’t have an oven so I wanted to try something simple – super crispy and chewy granola in a pan over the stovetop. 

You must dry roast the oats, nuts, salt, and seeds to make the granola super crispy at the beginning and set it aside. Roasting the oats with some salt helps them to crisp and takes out the moisture from them. 

Ingredients

• Rolled Oats
• Pecans 
• Sliced almonds
• Pumpkin seeds
• Raisins
• Honey
• Oil
• Salt

Stovetop Granola Step By Step Recipe

In a wide pan, dry roast the oats, pecans, almond slices, pumpkin seeds, and salt on medium low heat for 5 minutes. Transfer the mixture in a medium sized bowl and set aside. 

In the same pan, combine honey and oil together. Let the mixture cook for about 2-3 minutes on medium heat until it becomes bubbly. 

Transfer the roasted ingredients in the honey mixture and mix them until they are coated well. 

On medium low heat, roast the oats mixture for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. 

Next, stir the mixture well, spread it evenly on the pan, and roast it without stirring for 3 minutes on low heat. 

Remove it from the heat and combine the raisins with the granola. Press the mixture with the back of a spatula to the pan. 

Let the granola sit in the pan for 10-15 minutes to achieve larger chunks. 

Break the granola with your hands and transfer them to the container. Do not seal the container until the granola is completely dry. 

Tips For Making Stovetop Granola

• Old fashioned rolled oats work best for this recipe to get perfectly roasted crispy granola. 
• Roasting the oats with some salt helps them crisp and takes out the moisture from them.
• Use a wide non-stick or a steel pan for making stovetop granola recipes. 
• If you like larger chunks in the granola, make sure to spread the oat mix evenly. Let them get roasted perfectly on low heat without touching with a spatula. 
• Honey works as a glue to stick the oats, seeds, and nuts together to form chunks while making the stovetop granola. 
• Make sure to add raisins once you remove the granola from the heat. 

Variations

• If you like this recipe to be gluten-free then use gluten free oats.
• Maple syrup can be used instead of honey to make it a vegan recipe.
• You can add any kind of nuts, seeds, and dry fruits of your choice for making granola. 
• Swap dried cranberries, dried mangoes, or dried apricots instead of raisins in the recipe. 
• Add some toasted coconut flakes if you like. 
• Combine some toasted sesame seeds, chia seeds, or hemp seeds in the granola. 
• Mix in some chocolate chips once the granola completely cools down. 
• Some cinnamon powder, cardamom powder, nutmeg powder, or ginger powder can be added for flavoring in the granola if you like. 
• Use peanut butter or almond butter instead of oil while making stovetop granola. 
• Any type of unflavored oil can be used for this recipe – canola, vegetable oil, sunflower oil, grapeseed oil, or coconut oil for making granola. 
• You may add some butter and brown sugar. Let it cook until bubbly and transfer the roasted oat and nuts. 

How To Store Stovetop Granola? 

Stovetop granola can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container or in a ziplock bag. The granola will be crispy for up to 1 month.

How To Serve Stovetop Granola?

• Enjoy the granola on its own for snacking or with some milk as a hearty breakfast along with some fresh fruits. 

• Sprinkle some granola on plain or flavored yogurt with some fruits. 

• Simply top this crunchy stovetop granola over Strawberry yogurt parfait, Sweet potato chocolate pudding, or Blueberry chia pudding.

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