Yes! You can totally make granola with steel-cut oats! This Honey Nut Steel-Cut Granola is packed full of flavor and healthy nuts and will make you forget all about rolled oats in your granola!
Growing up we only ever ate steel-cut oats. It wasn’t until I got really into healthy living blogs that I discovered that most people didn’t eat steel-cut oats. I honestly believed that rolled oats were called “quaker oats” since I only ever saw them come from those horrible quaker oat packets.
Feel free to judge.
But suddenly I found myself buying enormous bags of Trader Joe’s Rolled Oats, making overnight oatmeal and completely neglecting my beloved steel-cut oats. Truth is, once you discover the convenience of rolled oats (aka ready in under 10 mins!) it’s difficult to justify spending 30 minutes cooking steel-cut.
But I really do miss the crunchiness of steel-cut oats. Though to be fair, I think that I mostly miss how my mom used to make it with milk and brown sugar…so good.
Speaking of moms, have I mentioned that mine is wonderful? Mom, I can already feel you typing your response to this…
Allow me to explain.
Not only is she responsible for introducing me to steel-cut oats, but also for that delicious manuka honey you see in the background of those photos. She brought it back for me after her recent trip to New Zealand (where manuka-pollinating bees live) and I’ve basically been rationing it out every single day since.
This stuff is like gold. If you’ve never tried manuka honey, start saving your pennies and then invest in a little jar of this magic. The best way for me to describe it is like “the most honey-filled honey you have ever tasted”. Does this make sense?
Confession: I totally didn’t use the manuka honey in this Honey Nut Steel-Cut Granola. It is far too precious for that. But I DID top the granola with a bit of manuka honey for an added sweet and antioxidant-filled boost!
Apparently manuka honey has all sorts of health-benefits and its encouraged you have a spoonful a day. An excuse to eat a spoonful of honey everyday? Thanks Mom!
PrintHoney Nut Steel-Cut Granola
Yes! You can totally make granola with steel-cut oats! This Honey Nut Steel-Cut Granola is packed full of flavor and healthy nuts and will make you forget all about rolled oats in your granola!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Bake
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 3 cups steel-cut oats (gluten-free if necessary)
- 2 cups of mixed nuts (I did 1/2 cup of hazelnuts, pecans, slivered almonds and walnuts but feel free to use any kind of nuts)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup honey (local raw honey is ideal)
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- In a large bowl combine steel-cut oats, nuts, cinnamon and sea salt.
- In a separate bowl combine coconut oil, applesauce, honey and vanilla.
- Stir wet ingredients into dry and mix until combined.
- Spread granola over a parchment or silicone-lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 20 mins.
- Remove from oven and flip and the bake for another 20 mins.
- Remove from oven once again, flip and then bake for another 15 mins.
- Remove from oven and flatten granola with the back of a spatula.
- LET SIT FOR ONE HOUR. Do not try to move granola off tray.
- After an hour, you can take the granola and break it up into clusters.
- Combine with raisins.
- Keep in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks (if it ever lasts that long…)
Keywords: steel cut oatmeal granola, steel cut oats granola
Have you ever tried manuka honey? What foods did your Mom introduce you to?
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74 Comments
Donald
January 24, 2021 at 5:42 pmPut another baking pan (parchment paper and pan) over top the mixture, simply flip the pans. This will allow the bottom of the granola from the first pan to brown as well.
Tanya
November 16, 2020 at 11:03 pmI have sooooooo much steel cut oats so tried this recipe. I like the taste, though wish that it would be less crumbly.
I did not have all the ingredients so had to substitute like mad, but kept the quantities the same.
1. I used mashed bananas instead of applesauce
2. I used canola oil instead of coconut oil
3. I used agave nectar instead of honey
Similar to some of the other posts, I was not able to ‘flip’ the granola because it was too crumbly, I simply gave it a stir.
I wish the granola stuck a bit more together. I wonder if flax seed meal or an egg would be a good binding agent?
Thanks for the recipe!
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Jd
September 28, 2020 at 1:41 pmDid not come out together, like it is shown in photos. Was very dry – did not clump at all.
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Lynn
June 1, 2020 at 10:01 pmDo you think I could substitute Red Bulgar for the steel cut oats?
Janey
April 18, 2020 at 11:59 amwhen you say FLIP IT, does that just mean stir it up? as it does NOT flip at any of the stages.. Please answer as 2 others also asked
Emma
April 24, 2020 at 2:50 pmI think she just means to rotate the pan
Sherry
March 28, 2020 at 2:40 pmGreat recipe…I needed to make granola but only had steel cut oats..I subbed several things because we are only shopping when necessary. Used a combination of seeds and nuts..added coconut and ginger and did not have coconut oil so subbed with a bit of lemon infused olive oil..very yummy…
Rebekah
January 13, 2020 at 2:15 pmI had lots of steel cut oatmeal I needed to use up and this recipe delivered! I modified by substituting half the applesauce with peanut butter and the honey for maple syrup. I also added coconut ribbons for the last 10 minutes. I initially pressed the granola into the pan and found this helped to create more clusters. Thanks!
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Bethany
December 23, 2019 at 5:01 pmExcellent recipe – loved the crunch! Came out perfect.
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Bizzoco
November 30, 2019 at 7:00 pmYou probably already know this but Coache’s steel cut oats cook in microwave at power 40% 4:30 min. Far faster than rolled oats for 10 min and at less than 50% power.
Sandra Sotsky Harrison
October 30, 2019 at 9:37 amAnyone figure out how to “flip” it? Never saw a response!
JSchwartz
May 17, 2019 at 9:48 amThanks for the recipe! I had these Japanese rolled oats which weren’t quite ‘rolled’ enough for oatmeal cookies but were perfect for these!
Mine came out slightly sticky but easily breakable so they were crumbly once I’d broken them up. Perfect for me though as I like them over chopped apples and yoghurt (like a healthy breakfast apple crumble!) Tastes awesome and nice and crunchy!
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