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5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Granola

April 13, 2016 By Lorena Grater

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This is probably the easiest yet most delicious Peanut Butter Granola ever!! You just need 5 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep time. Serve it with milk and fruit, sprinkled over yogurt, or snack on it just like that.

Bowl of Peanut Butter Granola with fruit and milk, and a wooden spoon.

Pouring milk over peanut butter granola and fruit in a bowl

How to make Peanut Butter Granola

The base recipe is very similar 6-Ingredient Chocolate Granola.

  1. Oats
  2. Sticky liquid
  3. Favorite add-ons

You need to use old-fashioned rolled oats as a whole and as flour. Grinding a cup of oats into flour by pulsing a couple of times in your blender makes for the biggest clusters. Don’t skip that step.

The sticky liquid is usually just melted butter or melted coconut oil and a sweetener but since we want peanut butter flavored granola this time we will also add peanut butter to our sticky liquid.

For every 3.5 cups of oats we need a cup of sticky liquid so add 1/3 cup melted butter or coconut oil, 1/3 cup maple syrup or honey, and a 1/3 cup of peanut butter and whisk vigorously until you have thick and sticky liquid.

The best add-on for Peanut Butter Granola is obviously peanuts but as always, you can get creative here. Add any or a mixture of these:

  • Halved peanuts
  • Sliced almonds
  • Chopped pecans
  • Chopped cashews
  • Sunflower seeds
  • Chopped peanuts
  • Chopped macadamia nuts
  • Halved hazelnuts
  • Popped Amaranth

Peanut Butter Granola with fruit and milk

How to store granola

The best way to store granola is in an air-tight container at room temperature. Place it preferably in a cupboard or pantry to avoid direct sunlight.

I like using a canning jar with a metal clamp. I feel it keeps my granola the freshest longest.

What to serve Peanut Butter Granola with

My absolute favorite way to eat this granola is with banana, peeled clementines (peeled out of their skin, not just their peel), some strawberries and then pour milk over everything.

You can however also sprinkle it over some Greek Yogurt, or add it to your regular overnight oats.

I also love snacking on it just like popcorn when I watch a movie. YUMMY!

Bowl of Peanut Butter Granola with fruit and milk, and a wooden spoon.

Peanut Butter Granola

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
This is probably the easiest yet most delicious Peanut Butter Granola ever!! You just need 5 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep time. Serve it with milk and fruit, sprinkled over yogurt, or snack on it just like that. 
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Ingredients

  • 3.5 cups old fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 cup peanuts
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened peanut butter
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup
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Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 300 F (150C).
  • Grind 1 cup of oats in a small coffee grinder or lack thereof pulse in a food processor of blender until floury consistency.
  • Put oats, oat flour and split peanuts into a large bowl.
  • Melt butter in a medium sized saucepan, once melted, add peanut butter and maple syrup, remove from stove and whisk until smooth and silky.
  • Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well with a rubber or wooden spatula.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (important!) and spread out batter as evenly as possible.
  • Put in the oven for 20 minutes.
  • Take out of the oven and stir well, then even out again.
  • Put back in oven for further 15-20 minutes.
  • Take out of the oven and let cool completely on baking sheet without touching (this is when the clusters form so don't stir! Cooling will take about 30-45 minutes).
  • Break up clusters and serve with fresh fruit and milk.
  • If for some inexplicable reason you didn't eat it all at once, store in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 405kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 124mg | Potassium: 364mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 235IU | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 2.4mg
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine International
Keyword Peanut Butter Ganola
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  1. Kathrin Botkin says

    May 3, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    5 stars
    Made it this morning – super easy to make – very yummy !!

    Reply
  2. Kathrina says

    June 7, 2016 at 6:43 pm

    I pinned this awhile back to try later and I finally made it today. YUM! It is delicious and my kitchen smells peanut buttery amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe…I think this will be eaten before the evening is over! :)

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      June 7, 2016 at 9:49 pm

      I’m so happy to read you made this Kathrina!! :D This and the Chocolate Granola (http://greenhealthycooking.com/the-ultimate-chocolate-granola/) are my favorite granolas EVER!!

      Reply
  3. EVA says

    April 13, 2016 at 6:34 pm

    I just found you and now you’re leaving me!!! Carajo! ;)

    Reply
    • Lorena says

      April 13, 2016 at 9:06 pm

      Hahaha, not yet, not yet ;)

      Reply

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