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This amazing homemade Peanut Butter Granola recipe yields BIG clusters of crunchy granola with salty and sweet vibes that’s actually healthy! Only 4 ingredients needed.
Do you love granola clusters? Peanut butter? How about yummy breakfast foods? If you said “yes” to any or all of these questions, consider your day made with today’s incredible Peanut Butter Granola. It’s my favorite peanut butter granola recipe, made with just 4 ingredients, yielding crunchy clusters and big peanut butter flavor.
Ditch the store-bought granola and easily make yourself a batch of homemade peanut butter granola. No guilt, all the flavor, and a a total crowd-pleaser. Your loved ones will be begging you to make this healthy granola recipe again and again! Just like this Hemp Granola Recipe with Hemp Hearts.
Let’s dive in! In today’s post, I’m going to be covering common questions about peanut butter granola, substitution notes, tools for making this peanut butter granola awesome and more!
Peanut Butter Granola Recipe Ingredients
This peanut butter granola uses only 4 ingredients to create a delicious texture that’s filling and healthy. Check ’em out:
- Peanut butter – natural, unsalted peanut butter works best in this recipe.
- Maple syrup – some readers have used honey with success, but I haven’t tried it myself, so proceed with caution.
- Nuts – You can use your favorite nuts like walnuts and pecans. I like to use a split between a variety of nuts and some peanuts to enhance the peanut flavor in this peanut butter granola.
- Oats – I recommend using rolled oats in this recipe. They are also called “old-fashioned” oats. Quick oats, or 1-minute oats, are a bit mushy and won’t yield a more substantive texture.
How to Make Peanut Butter Granola
To make this peanut butter granola recipe, all you have to do is whisk together a few simple ingredients, spread them on a baking sheet, bake and cool.
First, preheat the oven to 325°F. Line your favorite baking sheet with parchment paper or greased foil.
Then, whisk peanut butter and maple syrup together–this will hold together the peanut butter granola. Fold in nuts and oats until they’re completely coated.
Pour the peanut butter granola mixture onto the prepared baking sheet into one even layer. Spread out clumps of granola to create clusters–this will help air flow through during baking to create crunchy clusters!
Bake for about 20 minutes, then flip and bake until deep golden brown. Then cool and enjoy the best ever peanut butter granola!
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Tips for the Best Peanut Butter Granola
This peanut butter granola recipe is super easy to make. But here are some insider tips:
- Use creamy, unsalted natural peanut butter. It should be drippy and runny, like a thick liquid, and made with just 1 ingredient: peanuts.
- Stir the peanut butter really well, until smooth and creamy. Super greasy or just dry, chunky peanut paste ain’t gonna cut it! 😉
- Avoid chunky or salted PB: the peanut bits in chunky PB mess with the wet to dry ratio in the recipe. Salted PB takes away how much salt you choose to add to the recipe.
- Create clusters before baking! See next section for more.
- Cool completely before storing to ensure crispy pb granola clusters.
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How Do I Get Big Clusters in My Homemade Peanut Butter Granola?
- Before baking, create small piles of pb granola on the sheet. Keep the pb granola clusters somewhat chunky, but not too large, as they’ll fall apart when flipping.
- Space each pb granola cluster about ½” apart to allow air to flow through and crisp up clusters.
- Very gently flip the clusters during the midway bake point. If the clusters start to fall apart (and the clusters aren’t too browned), bake for another few minutes before flipping.
- Two big cluster lover’s recipes: homemade chunky paleo granola & this sweet ‘n salty nut clusters
Recipe Substitutions
- Can I swap the peanut butter for another nut or seed butter? Yes! Almost any other kind of nut or seed butter will work in this peanut butter granola recipe, including: almond butter, sunflower seed butter, cashew butter, and more!
- How to swap nuts, change add-ins: feel free to swap the peanuts in this recipe for your favorite nut, dried fruit (just make sure they’re not too huge) and more!
- Using other sweeteners: brown rice syrup, date syrup, honey. Different sweeteners will yield slightly different results.
It’s so much fun seeing how your creations turn out! Make sure to take a photo, or shoot a quick vid and share it on IG stories! I can’t wait to hear what you think. In the meantime…
Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️
Healthy Breakfast Recipes
- Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
- Peanut Butter Granola Bars (3 ingredient)
- Easy Coconut Chia Pudding Recipe
- Healthy Breakfast Bars
- And Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies 🙂
Peanut Butter Granola
Ingredients
- ¼ cup smooth peanut butter
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 ¼ cups nuts, variety
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ¼ teaspoon salt, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Add peanut butter and maple syrup to a medium bowl. Whisk until very well incorporated and smooth.
- Add nuts, oats, and salt (if using). Using a rubber spatula, stir and fold until well mixed.
- Pour onto the prepared baking sheet. Using the spatula, gently nudge granola into an even layer. Separate granola into small piles to create clusters. Make space between clusters to allow for air to flow through and crisp up the granola.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Using a heatproof spatula, gently flip granola, making sure to keep clusters intact. Bake for an additional 5-15 minutes, until edges are a deep golden brown and granola is just slightly soft. Mine took a total of 27 minutes. Granola will crisp up while cooling.
- Place baking sheet on a cooling rack. Allow to cool for about 30 minutes, or until completely cooled. Enjoy! Storing instructions below.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can I used powdered peanut butter? If so, should I add water or oil to make it thinner? Reconstituted- it’s fairly heavy.
Hi Carolyn, truthfully, I’ve never tried this! I’m not certain of how it might turn out. Since you sound like you’ve had experience with the powdered peanut butter, try getting it to a thickness and similar oil content to natural, runny peanut butter. That *might* work, but the results could be pretty unexpected. Good luck & let me know how it turns out! 🙂