Loaded with oats, almonds, coconut, warm apple pie spice and crunchy apple chips, this homemade Apple Crisp Granola is a delicious, healthy fall treat!
I love granola.
No, I really LOVE granola.
The mash up of earthy oats, nuts that toast to the golden brown, coconut shreds with browned crispy edges, sweet maple syrup is pretty much perfection.
Then add a healthy sprinkle of apple pie spice and crunchy apple chips and you get a granola that tastes like the topping of a big bubbling pan of apple crisp. Oh glorious granola!
Ingredients
- quick cooking oats
- sliced almonds
- sweetened coconut
- coconut oil
- maple syrup
- apple pie spice
- salt
- apple chips
Step by step
- Stir together dry ingredients.
- Coat with coconut oil and maple syrup.
- Add the spice.
- Bake 12 minutes.
- Allow to cool then stir in apple chips.
Easy enough, right??
Variations
Granola is one of those recipes that is fabulously forgiving. Don't have maple syrup? Honey will work. Use whatever nuts you have in your pantry. Add flax seeds. Leave out the coconut.
Pumpkin pie spice, apple pie spice, a blend of gingerbread spices or just classic cinnamon ... spice it up in whatever way you would like.
Tips for best results
The key is to stir it as it bakes and watch it at the end to ensure it doesn't toast too far and get slightly burnt.
Serving suggestions
It is delicious with milk for breakfast, over ice cream, stirred into yogurt, used to garnish a store bought cheesecake or just as a snack!
Gifting suggestions
This would make a delicious Fall hostess or teacher gift. Just fill mason jars or hinged lid jars with the totally cooled Apple Crisp Granola, and add a simple tag and twine.
Here is a quick list of what I used to make these giftable jars of granola (affiliate links)
- 8 oz. Quilted Jelly Jars or these beauties with the swirly design or these canning jars with the hinged lids
- Small decorative tags (Here are a few options: scalloped circle tags, kraft rectangle tags, curved tags)
- Red twine
Who wouldn't want to crack open this jar and get a big waft of all those warm apple pie spices?!
You might also like these other homemade granola recipes: Pumpkin Pie Granola and Nutty Coconut Homemade Granola.
If you try this recipe, please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
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Apple Crisp Granola
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 16 1x
- Category: breakfast
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Loaded with oats, almonds, coconut, warm apple pie spice and crunchy apple chips, this homemade Apple Crisp Granola is a delicious, healthy fall treat!
Ingredients
- 3 cups quick cooking oats
- ½ cup sliced almonds
- ½ cup sweetened coconut
- ½ cup coconut oil
- ½ cup real maple syrup
- 3 teaspoons apple pie spice
- Pinch of salt
- One 2.5 oz. bag apple chips (broken into small pieces)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350*.
- Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, mix oats, almonds and coconut.
- If your coconut oil is solid, microwave it until it is liquefied.
- Drizzle oat and nut mixture with coconut oil and maple syrup and mix thoroughly.
- Sprinkle 1 ½ teaspoon of the apple pie spice over the oat mixture and stir.
- Sprinkle remaining 1 ½ teaspoon of apple pie spice and pinch of salt over the oat mixture and stir well to combine.
- Spread granola in an even layer on the sheet pan.
- Bake 12-15 minutes - stir granola, spread it back out and rotate pan half way through baking.
- Allow granola to cool.
- Stir in apple chip pieces.
- Store in an airtight container.
Keywords: apple pie granola
Roseann Hampton says
This looks yummy! Can you tell me how much maple syrup - is it 1/2 cup?
Keri says
Yes - sorry, it is 1/2 cup. I've updated the recipe 🙂