This perfect VEGAN peanut butter granola is filling, crunchy, and VERY addictive.
It’s time for another EASY granola recipe. The almond butter granola recipe I posted a few weeks back was a big hit, but some of you mentioned you were starting to run low on almond butter, but had plenty of peanut butter on hand. SO, here it is: VEGAN Peanut Butter Granola.
Let’s get started!
How to Make Vegan Peanut Butter Granola
This peanut butter granola is so easy to make, you’ll be blown away. But first, here’s a few important notes about your ingredients.
Notes on Ingredients:
- This recipe calls for unsalted roasted or dry-roasted peanuts. If you’re using salted peanuts for this recipe, just make sure to decrease or eliminate the added salt. If you’re using dry-roasted peanuts, check the list of ingredients to make sure they’re vegan (sometimes gelatin is hiding in this ingredient lists). You’ll also want to make sure there are no added seasonings like garlic or onion powder in your dry-roasted peanuts, to avoid any weird flavor combinations.
- You’ll need natural peanut butter for this recipe, which means that the only ingredients listed on the peanut butter jar should be peanuts and salt. That’s it. If you’re new to natural peanut butters, just be aware that oil separation on the top of the jar is normal, but you’ll need to carefully stir the separated oil into the peanut butter before measuring the peanut butter for this recipe.
- Rolled oats or quick oats work equally well for this recipe.
Making the Granola:
1. Preheat your oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Then, roughly chop 1 cup of unsalted roasted or dry roasted peanuts.
2. Place chopped peanuts in a mixing bowl with 4 cups of oats. I have used rolled oats and quick oats for this recipe, and each works equally well. My personal preference is to use half rolled oats and half quick oats.
3. Add your natural creamy peanut butter, maple syrup, oil, vanilla, and salt to the bowl. I found a very full 1/2 cup of maple syrup to be just about the right amount of sweetness for this recipe, but feel free to adjust that based on your own preferences. If you use less maple syrup, and your granola initially seems dry and isn’t sticking together very well, you may consider adding a few tablespoons of water or more peanut butter.
Note: Eliminate or decrease salt amount, if you used salted peanuts above.
4. Stir, stir, stir! At this point, you’ll also want to taste a bit of your unbaked granola. Does it need more salt?
5. Evenly spread out your granola mixture on to two parchment-lined (or silicone-lined) baking sheets.
6. Bake granola at 300 degrees Fahrenheit, for a total of 30-34 minutes, or until the edges of the granola are just starting to turn golden brown. After the first 15 minutes of baking, you’ll want to switch the upper and lower baking sheets to promote more even baking. Make sure to allow your granola to cool completely on the baking sheet pan before attempting to break it up.
Storage: Once your granola has cooled to room temperature, you can transfer it to an airtight container. Store granola in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.
More Vegan Breakfast Ideas
Looking for more great vegan breakfast recipes? Here are a few ideas to get you started.
- Vegan Carob Peanut Butter Energy Bites
- Easy Vegan Oatmeal Waffles
- Vegan Fluffy Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes
- Perfect Vegan Biscuits
- Vegan Pumpkin Spice Scones
- Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding
- Vegan Chocolate and Strawberry Scones
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Vegan Peanut Butter Granola
Equipment
- 2 baking sheet pans
- 2 silicone baking sheet liners or parchment paper
- mixing bowl and spoon
Ingredients
- 4 cups oats (rolled oats or quick oats)
- 1 cup unsalted dry-roasted or roasted peanuts (roughly chopped)
- 1/2 cup creamy natural peanut butter
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (plus 1-2 tablespoons, if desired)
- 2 tablespoons oil (any neutral vegetable oil or melted coconut oil works fine)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavor
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (lessen or eliminate if using salted peanuts)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Roughly chop 1 cup of unsalted dry-roasted peanuts. (See notes below regarding peanuts.)
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir together chopped peanuts with oats.
- Add peanut butter, maple syrup, oil, vanilla, and salt to your mixing bowl, and stir until well-combined.
- Line 2 baking sheet pans with parchment paper or silicone liners.
- Spread granola mixture evenly across both baking sheet pans.
- Bake granola for 15 minutes, then rotate baking sheets (from upper to lower oven racks to promote more even baking), before returning to oven to bake for another 15 minutes. Bake for a total of 30-34 minutes, or until the edges of granola are just starting to turn a golden brown.
- Allow granola to cool completely before stirring or removing it from baking sheet pans.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks at room temperature.
Notes
- This recipe calls for unsalted roasted or dry-roasted peanuts. If you’re using salted peanuts for this recipe, just make sure to decrease or eliminate the added salt. If you’re using dry-roasted peanuts, check the list of ingredients to make sure they’re vegan (sometimes gelatin is hiding in this ingredient lists). You’ll also want to make sure there are no added seasonings like garlic or onion powder in your dry-roasted peanuts, to avoid any weird flavor combinations.
- You’ll need creamy natural peanut butter for this recipe, which means that the only ingredients listed on the peanut butter jar should be peanuts and salt. That’s it. If you’re new to natural peanut butters, just be aware that oil separation on the top of the jar is normal, but you’ll need to carefully stir the separated oil into the peanut butter before measuring the peanut butter for this recipe.
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I’ve tried many granola recipes and this tops them all. I enjoyed this healthy snack!
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Peanut butter and granola, yes please!
So, this turns out like a cereal that you poor milk over and eat, for example? With PB flavor infused?
Your recipes are very easy to make. This dish is suitable for vegans. It is delicious and nutritious. I followed your instructions and I had a delicious meal. Its taste is amazing. May I ask if adding more peanut will it affect the flavor of the food? Do you have any advice for me?
You can add as many peanuts as you’d like! :)
I had a delicious and nutritious breakfast because I followed your recipe. Thank you very much. Is it okay if I add more butter to this dish? Because I love to eat butter. Hope you will have many good articles like this one.