Chunky Grain Free Granola
on Sep 28, 2017, Updated Nov 04, 2020
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IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!! I have been working on making a chunky grain free granola for MONTHS and have finally perfected it! The reason it took so long is because I was looking at it as making nuts with a coating on them at first… which is what they ended up being every time! I kept thinking how on earth can I get them to be little chunks that stick together.. kind of like cookies! So once I thought of cookies I started thinking about what makes cookies hold together that was different from what I was doing? I was already using some sugar, oil and almond flour which are all in cookies, then I realized… EGG! But then I thought I really didn’t want to add egg to this granola because so many people can’t have eggs, and I didn’t really want it to be a full on cookie. So I made a flax egg instead which is just ground flax seeds and water. This helped bind everything together and made this granola perfect! I placed all the granola “dough: in one big sheet and baked it, then once it is all cooled you can break it into whatever size pieces you like! You can see the side by side picture below.
And on another note – I am super excited to start sharing some life updates here on the blog! I normally just do my recipes and then hold back on being too personal, but I want you guys to know me even better! I am going to be starting a new series called “Let’s Talk About… Tuesdays”! I won’t be sharing on every Tuesday but some Tuesdays I will share a little more about my wellness routine besides what I eat as well as some other personal things I have been dealing with over the last year! I can’t wait to open up a bit more and hopefully help anyone going through the same things. But for now, we will just eat all of the granola!!
CHUNKS!
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Need more granola ideas, look no further:
Honey Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
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Chunky Grain Free Granola
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup chopped walnuts
- ½ cup slivered almonds
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- ¼ cup cashew butter (or any nut butter works!)
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Flax egg – 1 tablespoon ground flax seed + 2 ½ tablespoons water (let sit for 5 minutes)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine walnuts, almonds, pecans, almond flour, salt and chia seeds in a large bowl.
- In another bowl combine coconut oil, cashew butter, coconut sugar, honey, vanilla and flax egg. Pour wet ingredients over the nuts and stir well to combine.
- Pour mixture on the baking sheet with parchment paper and press into one even layer. It will look like one large cookie!
- Bake for 13 minutes or until lightly browned all over. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
- Once cool, Break into whatever size chunks you like! Enjoy on a smoothie bowl, as a snack by the handful or in a bowl with some berries and almond milk!
This granola looks bangin’! I can’t wait to try it once I complete this round of Whole30. Grain free granolas are so pricey at the store. I’m really looking forward to your new Tuesday series!
Yay! Can’t wait for you to make it and can’t wait to share more!
Have you tried using an egg instead of a flax egg? Either way, it looks delicious, I’m going to make it, & I love your work!
No i did not!
Love that you used flax as the egg sub because I’m not able to eat egg! Can’t wait to try! Love chunky granola!!
Yay!! You’re gonna love it!!
This looks so good…. making on sunday. Day after whole 30… deserving me some treats!!
Yes you do!! Enjoy!!!
Do you think it would work with stevia instead of honey and coconut sugar?
Ooo i don’t think it would!!
I’ll let you know because I just tried it, it’s cooling on the counter.
Awesome!!
Hi! It looks amazing, can’t wait to try! Is there anything else I can use instead of the cucunut oil?
I haven’t tried it with anything else but maybe Ghee? I will test it with that!
I made it! With the cucunut oil, but replaced the cashue butter with natural peanut butter. It was SO GOOD!!! Didn’t really stick together, maybe because I put to much wet ingredients. But still, it was sooooo delicious. Thank you so much!
Sounds yummy!! So glad you liked it!!
Made this earlier today and O…M…G! So good! i think it probably could have stayed in the oven a minute or two longer (our oven is the worst and always undercooks) but I put half in the fridge and half in the freezer and it made it stick together better. This granola will be on repeat for probably the rest of my life, HA! Thanks for creating this for us! 🙂
AWESOME!! Yeah it should stay in the oven till it almost looks over baked!!
This is SO GOOD. And so easy! Definitely going on my fall/winter weekly baking list!
AWESOME!! So glad you enjoyed!!
I’m allergic to walnuts, do you think I could use more almonds/pecans, or perhaps sunflower seeds as a “nut” alternative?
Yes you can use more of whatever nut you like!!
Cooling on the counter now. I’m wondering if maybe I didn’t spread it ha enough. We’ll see, looks yummy though!
Possibly! It should be in one even layer like a cookie!
I love you’re recipes! You just gained a new fan!!!! I’m all in!
YAY!! Enjoy!!