This cinnamon raisin granola delivers a bunch of flavor and crunch that satisfies your hunger at any time of day. It’s a quick and easy breakfast and a tasty snack that’s good to keep on hand at all times. You can make your favorite fruit and nut granola with ingredients that are easy to find at most grocery stores.

I highly recommend reading this entire post before you begin preparing the recipe. However, if all you want is the list of ingredients with full directions, please either click on the jump-to-recipe button above or scroll to the bottom of this post.

Once you make homemade granola, you’ll discover that it’s easy, inexpensive, and more nutritious than most store-bought granola. You’ll also love the fact that you can control what’s in every bite.

Make a batch, store it in an airtight container, and you have a week’s worth of granola. I enjoy it as a breakfast cereal or a crunchy snack. And it’s also delicious sprinkled over ice cream or even as a top layer in a fruit crisp.

Cinnamon Raisin Granola Ingredients

If you’re like me, you typically have all of these ingredients in your pantry. However, if you don’t, they’re available at most grocery stores.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Rolled oats – the regular oats, not instant
• Nuts – pecans, walnuts, almonds, or even peanuts
• Raisins – or other dried fruit such as cranberries, dates, and pineapple
• Honey
• Mild-flavored cooking oil – I had avocado oil on my counter from another recipe I recently made, so that’s what I used.
• Ground cinnamon
• Salt

For exact measurements of each ingredient and full directions, go to the recipe card at the bottom of the page. You can even print out the card by using the “print” button.

You can vary some of the ingredients or substitute whatever you like. However, I usually advise following this recipe the first time you make it so you’ll know what you need to make it suit your taste.

Preparation

Before you start putting the ingredients together, there are 2 things you need to do.

First, preheat your oven to 300 degrees. Secondly, line a large baking sheet with parchment paper to make cleanup a breeze.

How to Make Cinnamon Raisin Granola

First, put the honey, oil, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl.

Stir or whisk it until it is well mixed.

Then, put the oats and nuts in a large mixing bowl.

I mix it up before I add the wet ingredients, but you don’t have to.

It just seems to mix more evenly when I do.

Important note: Don’t add the fruit just yet. That comes after the granola bakes. If you put the fruit in the oven, it will burn before the rest of it is done.

Pour the honey mixture over the oats and nuts. Stir until all of the dry ingredients are coated. I like to put on a disposable food service glove and mix it by hand. You can really get everything mixed when you do that.

Now, put all of the mixture on the parchment covered baking sheet.

Spread it out to make sure it cooks evenly If you like clusters of granola, press it down gently so it sticks together.

Put the pan of oats in the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. I usually check after 15 minutes to see if the mixture is golden brown. If it is, I pull it out of the oven. If not, I leave it in there for a few more minutes.

After the granola is golden brown, remove it from the oven and add the raisins or whatever dried fruit you use. Press it together again to make sure you have clusters.

Let the baked granola cool to room temperature before pouring it into an airtight container.

You can store this delicious cereal for up to a week. But trust me when I say it probably won’t last that long. It’s that good.

Breakfast Recipes

Although some people will eat anything, including boxed cereal, just to get through the morning, I’m a firm believer that everything you put in your mouth should taste good.

This granola is one of our all-time favorite breakfasts and mid-afternoon snacks. But there are other delicious breakfast foods in our rotation.

On those days when we’re not sure if we’ll be able to have lunch, we might have this filling and delicious quinoa bowl. Or if I’m home all morning, I can make it last for a while by eating it really slowly.

If you want a hot breakfast, you might like this rice cooker oatmeal. And while you have the rice cooker out, try this amazingly easy and delicious rice cooker frittata.

More Delicious Recipes

We enjoy adding granola to our fruit parfaits that we enjoy for either breakfast or dessert. If you haven’t had this fruit crisp dessert with a granola topping, you don’t know what you’re missing. I usually make it with apples or peaches.

You can also top my friend Julie’s yummy sorghum-glazed sweet potatoes with granola for added flavor and crunch. Her Back to My Southern Roots blog has tons of wonderful recipes, so while you’re there, check some of them out.

Mix some granola in with these candied pecans. Snacking has never been so good!

You can also top this incredible French toast casserole with granola. Yum!

Granola – Delicious and Easy

Granola is so delicious that you’ll want to make enough for more than one serving. It’s easy to store. Simply keep the granola in an airtight container and store it in a dry place. I put it in my pantry.

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