Steel Cut Granola Recipe
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Crunchy, homemade, Steel Cut Granola delivers a medley of healthy ingredients for a high fiber, gluten free breakfast. Made with steel cut oats, pure maple syrup, chopped pecans and dates, dried fruits, and finished with cinnamon and vanilla. We love our steel cut granola in yogurt parfaits, over sliced fresh fruits, or mixed in with a scoop or two of peanut butter.
Steel cut granola is hearty and slow to digest giving you hours of energy and loads of nutrients. You can easily customize this recipe to fit your preferences and dietary needs.
Making homemade granola is a creative way to experiment with different flavors, and textures in healthy ingredients. You will find several of our recipes for steel cut oat breakfasts linked at the bottom of this post. We also have a fantastic bread with steel cut oats!
Bob’s Red Mill organic steel-cut oats are available to us and we use them often. This is a great brand, and the strong oats have risen in popularity due to their rich flavor, heartier texture and long satiation.
Steel cut oats are not like regular oats. Steel cut oats are smaller and fairly chewy, thick, and dense. They have a very different texture than regular oats.
What is the difference between steel cut oats and regular oats?
The advantage of steel cut oats over regular oats are many, nutritionally speaking. Steel cut oats are not cooked and processed as rolled oats are. Just chopped in steel blades. Steel cut oats also provide protein, iron and other valuable nutrients we all need.
They do need to be cooked as they have a strong, gritty texture that many find unpleasant. Our steel cut oat granola recipe bakes the grainy oats to give a rich, flavor filled experience.
What can I add to steel cut granola?
This steel cut granola is full of chia seeds for even more fiber, antioxidants, healthy fat and minerals. The pecans, flax, coconut oil all have healthy fats, trace elements, antioxidants and help with digestibility. While pure maple syrup sweetens the granola with natural, healthy sugars.
Vanilla extracts, dried fruits, and cinnamon compliment the mixture and deepen the flavor of the rich oats and nuts. You can change up the dried fruits you use, the nuts, and the seeds; or omit them all together to give you a simpler granola that is still nutritious and delicious.
Steel Cut Granola Recipe
Steel Cut Granola
Crunchy, Homemade, steel cut granola delivers a medley of healthy ingredients for a high-fiber, low-sodium, vegetarian, dairy-free and gluten-free breakfast. Make it yourself for a powerhouse nutrition boost!
Ingredients
- 4 Cups steel cut oats
- 1/2 Cup whole flax seed
- 1/2 Cup Chia seed
- 1/4 Cup coconut oil
- 1/2 Cup maple syrup
- 1/2 Cup water
- 1/4 Cup honey
- 2 Tablespoons cinnamon
- 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 Cup chopped pecans
- 1/4 Cup dates, chopped
- 1/4 Cup cherries, dried
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- Mix oats, flax, chia seeds and chopped pecans with the cinnamon in a large bowl.
- In an 8 cup microwaveable bowl put the coconut oil, maple syrup, water and honey.
- Microwave one minute. Stir the mixture until the coconut oil is completely melted. Add the vanilla and stir.
- Add the wet ingredients into the dry and stir well. At this point you may add more oats if it's too wet. Steel cup oats do not absorb water like regular oats do. Feel free to adjust the oats and water until you are satisfied with your consistency.
- Bake for 20 minutes on a greased baking sheet and stir the granola. Bake another 20 minutes and stir again. The granola is done if it is browned slightly and dry. It will continue to dry as it cools so don't over bake it!
- Remove from oven and pour it back into your big bowl. Add the dates and cherries and mix it well.
- Store it in an airtight container after it has completely cooled.
- This granola should stay fresh several weeks in an airtight container
Nutrition Information
Yield
36Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 152Total Fat 7gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 0mgSodium 3mgCarbohydrates 21gFiber 4gSugar 6gProtein 4g
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As much as I loved this with the steel cut oats, my hubby did not. Have you ever tried this recipe with rolled oats?
Hi Jennifer, I have never made this recipe with regular oats. I think it would work great though. Not everyone enjoys the texture of steel cut oats in granola. I actually prefer it over rolled oats. Give the substitution a try and let me know what you think.
I tried this recipe yesterday. I like the flavor, but I’m not sold on the texture – it might have been just a little too dry and hard. I wonder if I should have added more liquid. I do like the texture and chewiness of cooked steel cut oats. My trial of this recipe did not produce clumps of granola. I wonder if that was to be expected.
This morning I prepared this as cooked and topped with diced strawberries and vanilla bean Greek yogurt. I think I prefer it that way.
Hi Sophie, Thanks so much for offering your experience with this recipe! This granola will not form clumps. The low liquid level and low amount of sticky sweetener has a lot to do with that.
I prefer it mixed in with yogurt or kefir, or poured on top. I’m curious how you cooked it. I have never tried to cook my granolas after they are toasted in the oven. Intriguing!
I simply followed the cooking instructions on the Bob’s Redmill bag: boil 2 cups water, add 1 cup of the granola and heat covered on lower heat for 7 minutes.
Thank you Sophie. I’ll have to give that a try!
Love your steel cut granola recipe. The recipe shows that it has 36 servings. What is the serving size?
I’m looking forward to your other granola recipes too!
Thank you Judi. This recipe has 36 One Tablespoon servings. This is a dense, chewy, filling granola. So good! Enjoy! I’ll up date the post for you so you can refer back to it.
Bob’s Red Mill’s steel cut oats are my favorite and the chia seeds! Yum! I love your granola recipe.
Thank you Tina, Let me know if you make it. I’d love a report!
I’ve always heard about the nutritional benefits of steel cut oats, but have never actually bought them to try them! I’ve been meaning to make some granola lately, and just haven’t gotten around to it. Pinning this for later — trying to still be healthy this new year!! 🙂
Hi Whitney, I encourage you to try out steel cut oats! They are great in granola! I’ve also made bread with them and a cooked oatmeal breakfast. They offer a completely different taste and texture experience from regular rolled oats.
Looks like a healthy but robust breakfast, love it.
Thank you Brian. This is one of my favorite granola recipes!
I love granola and I love that this is made with steel cut oats. I love to add granola to my yogurt but also to my ice cream!
Oh yummy! I have never added it to ice cream…I’ll have to try that! 🙂
My daughter loves granola, I will have to make this for her, she will love it.
I believe she will! As an avid granola fan, I can tell you, steel cut oats make a dynamite granola!
This granola looks delicious and healthy. I look forward to making a batch of this!
Enjoy, Renee!
Oh man, this looks delicious! I love steel cut oats! Those photos are amazing too.
Thank you Karen. I’m a serious granola freak. I’m making a new recipe for steel cut oat granola today. Love those chewy oats!
Did you bake this on a baking sheet?
Yes I did Katelyn. Please use a greased baking sheet with a lip on it so the granola can be stirred on the sheet with out spilling off. Thank you for your question. I updated the recipe to make it more clear! Enjoy!
This looks amazing! I love a crunchy breakfast, this is on my list now!
It’s one of our favorites Petro. Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you love this steel cut granola:)
STEEL CUT GRANOLA looks wonderful!!! I love this recipe and can not wait to try it out.
Thank you Heidy! It IS really good. I hope you enjoy this delicious, healthy recipe as much as we do:)
One of the pleasures of my work day is to take a 15 minute break and snuggle up with granola mixed with yogurt. Until I met Diane (the blogger), I was content with store-bought items. Then, she introduced me to her homemade granola and I have to say, it’s a huge difference it taste, texture, and content. This recipe, “Steel-Cut Granola” is truly a fantastic alternative to the norm. I’m also quite aware of the steel-cut vs the regular oats. They are chewier, which I like.
Thank you for this recipe, Diane. I will be making a batch and adding a few little changes. I will come back and post when I do.
Thank you Susie, for the sweet comment. I’ll be really interested to know what you do with this recipe!
Thanks so much for the “Eat this why?” info on Steel Cut Oats. They are my favorite and I’m so happy they are better for me than the rolled. Awesome recipe and read.
Thank you KC I’m thrilled you liked the post. I’m also really liking these steel cut oats. They make a great granola!
There are two magical ingredients in this granola; Greek yogurt and honey! Both are of excellent nutritious value and taste!
Yes I agree Katerina. Greek yogurt is one of my favorites, I make my own homemade Greek yogurt and strain it very thick for a rich delicious, creamy base for many of my recipes. Honey is pure goodness.