Homemade Granola with Honey

Homemade Granola is sweetened with honey and the oats are loaded with spices, nuts, and dried fruits for a delicious crunchy granola recipe you'll want to put on everything.

  • Prep15 min
  • Cook30 min
  • Total45 min
  • Yield8 cups
  • Calories488

Ingredients Steps Notes

Homemade Granola with Honey

Homemade Honey Granola is sweetened with honey and maple syrup, and loaded with spices, nuts, and dried fruits, for a delicious, crunchy granola recipe you’ll want to add to everything. This Granola Recipe is delicious when served with smoothie bowls or eaten plain as a snack!

Homemade granola on a sheet pan with a wooden spoon scooping it.

Easy Homemade Granola Recipe

If you’re someone who has a hard time eating breakfast in the morning, try incorporating this treat into your meal. Not only is it tasty, it’s also wholesome and filling with ingredients like oats, almonds, pecans, walnuts, and raisins!

Close up photo of a bowl of yogurt topped with blueberries, granola, and strawberries.

Easy Granola Ingredients

  • honey
  • unsalted butter
  • rolled oats
  • ground nutmeg
  • ground cinnamon
  • ground ginger
  • salt
  • raisins
  • chopped pecans
  • chopped walnuts
  • almond slivers
  • maple syrup

How To Make Healthy Granola With Honey

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 9×13-inch lipped baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, stir together the honey, butter, spices, and salt.
  3. Add in the rolled oats and stir until evenly coated, and transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
  4. Stir the oats every 10 minutes and bake until the oats are a deep golden brown, about 30 minutes total.
  5. Remove from the oven and transfer the oats back into the large bowl. Combine the oats with the raisins, chopped walnuts, chopped pecans, slivered almonds, and maple syrup and stir until coated.
  6. If desired, you could also try adding in chocolate chips, dried cherries, dried cranberries, unsweetened coconut flakes, or sunflower seeds!
  7. Spread back out on the pan and allow to cool completely at room temperature before enjoying.
  • Melted butter and spices being stirred together in a glass bowl.
  • Oats being mixed with melted butter and spices in a glass bowl.
  • Oats being spread out on a large baking sheet with a rubber spatula to make granola.
  • Nuts and raisins being added to toasted oats to make granola.

How Long Does Homemade Granola Last?

Once prepared, seal the granola in an airtight container and it should be good for up to 2 weeks.

I love granola and using Wide Mouth Mason Jars with these Reusable Plastic Lids. They’re a great way to store it when you make big batches!

Is Honey Granola Good For You?

Loaded with old fashioned oats, nuts, and raisins, this healthy granola recipe contains nutrients like fiber, iron, healthy fats, and protein. (Plus, it’s all-natural.)

This recipe is wholesome and delicious and made without processed sugars! Plus, I think a big part of being healthy is preparing your food at home so you know exactly what’s going into each dish!

That said, it’s not particularly low-calorie, so anyone watching their waistline may want to practice moderation. And that can be tough … this stuff is addictive!

Granola in a large mason jar.

How To Serve Granola With Maple Syrup

Use this crunchy, spiced topping to dress up breakfasts, snacks, and even desserts! Here are some creative ways to use it:

  • Sprinkle it on fruit or sweet and savory salads, like Apple Grape Salad or Strawberry Spinach Salad.
  • Top it on smoothie-based snacks, like a Raspberry Banana Smoothie.
  • Mix it in with your favorite trail mix recipe.
  • Add it to your Apple Crisp for extra crunch.
  • Simply enjoy is with a splash of regular or dairy-free milk.
  • Layer it in a parfait made with your favorite yogurt, berries, and toppings.

Everyone loves this recipe! It’s such an easy recipe to make and it’s super versatile!

This recipe was originally published in June 2020 and was updated in June 2025 with new content.

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 9x13-inch lipped baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

  2. In a large bowl, stir together the honey, butter, spices, and salt.

  3. Add in the oats and stir until evenly coated and transfer to the prepared baking sheet.

  4. Stir the oats every 10 minutes and bake until the oats are a deep golden brown, about 30 minutes total.

  5. Remove from the oven and transfer the oats back into the large bowl. Add in the raisins, nuts, and maple syrup and stir until coated. Spread back out on the pan and allow to cool completely before enjoying.

Notes

  1. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
  2. Nutritional information is an estimate based on 1 cup of granola.
  3. Original recipe from Penny Cluse Cafe.

Nutrition

  • Calories488
  • Carbs51g
  • Protein11g
  • Fat29g
  • Saturated fat9g
  • Fiber8g
  • Sugar6g
  • Sodium81mg

Estimates per serving, when a serving size is listed.