Healthy Steel Cut Oats Granola Recipe

This Healthy Steel Cut Oats Granola recipe delivers a nutritionally balanced, chewy textured granola. Combining dark chocolate chunks, dried figs, cherries, and coconut flakes for a delicious addition to your yogurts, smoothie bowls, and more.

Our toasted steel cut oats granola comes together quickly and is baked on a flat baking sheet for even toasting that enhances the spices and brings a wonderful crunch to the finished product. We have sweetened it with coconut flakes, honey, and dried fruit; but you can use any combination of sweeteners that you prefer.

The wonderful thing about granola recipes is that they can be made in a variety of ways using any combination of ingredients that you most enjoy; from simple to elaborate, loose or baked as bars.

We have a large selection of different granolas on the blog, and we most often enjoy them with our homemade Greek Yogurt.  Granola makes a lovely parfait with your favorite fruit and greek yogurt.

Is dark chocolate healthy?

A good quality, ethically sourced dark chocolate will be rich in antioxidants and low in sugar. Dark chocolate is safe to enjoy in moderate amounts in most diets. Look for a chocolate that is at least 70% cacao and not full of added fillers or sugars. Some great brands are Hu, Mast, Taza, and Pascha.

We made this healthy steel cut oats granola recipe with yummy with yummy Toblerone Dark Chocolate. This is a candy bar and definitely not considered a healthy dark chocolate. But, every now and then we like to include ingredients that are just super tasty, and this chocolate bar is definitely that.

Do you need to soak steel cut oats for granola?

Soaking steel cut oats for granola that is baked or toasted is not necessary. Steel cut oats need to be soaked if they are being eaten as a warm oatmeal, because they are a rougher chop and texture than rolled oats. Soaking these oats will also enhance the flavor, and make them easier to digest.

This recipe will yield a slightly chewy texture that is due to the steel cut oats not being soaked beforehand. You can soak them beforehand if you prefer a softer texture to your granola, just make sure they are not still soaking wet when you bake them, and omit the added water that this recipe calls for as written.

What can you add to steel cut granola?

Steel cut oats can be enjoyed as a hot baked oatmeal, or toasted in a granola like this one. They are just like regular and old fashioned oats which means the possibilities are endless in how you can enjoy them, and what you can add to your steel cut oat recipes. Here are some more ideas that you can play around with.

• granola with steel cut oats and quinoa
• peanut butter steel-cut oats granola
• Add your favorite chopped nuts
• Enjoy with fresh fruit and yogurt
• Make this a steel cut oats granola bar recipe by increasing the binders and molding them into bars
• Prepare a baked strawberry rhubarb steel cut oatmeal dish

Healthy Steel Cut Oats Granola Recipe

This is a simple steel-cut oat granola recipe. The chewy, almost nutty texture and flavor of steel-cut oats adds a lot to granola. The steel-cut oats absorb the liquids added to sweeten them, but they don’t get mushy or gloppy. The granola is still pleasant, and flavorful!

We add the chocolate when the granola is still pretty warm from the oven, which causes the chocolate to melt slightly. This allows the granola to embed itself into the chocolate, in yummy clumps. If you prefer your chocolate pieces alone; wait to add the chocolate until the granola is completely cooled.

How to make healthy steel cut oats granola

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Mix together the steel cut oats, flax seed, chia, chopped walnuts and cinnamon.
• In a microwaveable measuring cup heat the coconut oil until it is a pourable liquid. Add the water and honey.
• Stir the warmed liquid mixture into the dry oats mixture until everything is coated.
• Pour this mixture onto a deep lipped baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat mat.
• Bake 25 minutes or until granola is lightly toasted.
• Meanwhile, chop the chocolate and figs into small 1/4 inch pieces.
• Pour the toasted granola into your large bowl.  Add coconut, chocolate, figs and cherries. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Allow to cool.
• Store in an airtight container. Stores well at room temperature for up to two weeks in an airtight container. This will store several weeks, or even months in your freezer.

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