Amish Homemade Granola Cereal Recipes - Amish Heritage (2024)

Amish Granola Recipe

In today's post, I am sharing two Amish homemade granola cereal recipes.

The featured granola recipe (in the recipe card below) is a healthy Oats and Honey Granola cereal recipe. It's the one I typically make.

The second recipe (shared within the article) is the Amish granola that I grew up eating. It's made with quick oats, brown sugar, and butterscotch chips.

Ingredients for Healthy Granola

1. Rolled Oats form the base of the granola, providing a hearty texture and nutty flavor. They also contribute to the cereal's fiber content, making it filling.
2. Unsweetened Coconut Flakes add a tropical flavor and a crunchy texture to the granola. Coconut flakes also provide healthy fats and fiber.
3. Sliced Almonds contribute a nutty flavor and crunch. They are also a good source of protein and healthy fats.
4. Chopped Pecans add a rich, buttery flavor and crunchy texture. Pecans are also high in healthy fats and fiber.
5. Chopped Walnuts provide a hearty texture and a slightly bitter flavor to the granola. Walnuts are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants.
6. Flaxseed adds a nutty flavor and a nutritional boost to the granola. Flaxseed is high in omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, and protein.
7. Cinnamon enhances the flavor profile of the granola with warm and spicy notes.
8. Olive Oil acts as the primary fat in the recipe, helping to bind the ingredients together and crisp up the granola during baking.
9. Honey provides sweetness and helps to bind the granola together. Honey also adds a caramel-like flavor and promotes browning during baking.
10. Salt balances the sweetness of the granola and enhances the overall flavor. It also helps to bring out the other flavors in the ingredients.
11. Vanilla Extract enhances the flavor profile of the granola with a warm and sweet aroma.
12. Maple Flavoring adds a rich, caramelized flavor reminiscent of maple syrup. This ingredient is optional but can enhance the overall flavor.

Variations

This Amish homemade granola cereal has lots of nuts in it for protein. But if you want healthy protein granola, with an even higher protein content, you could add a scoop of vanilla protein powder (affiliate link).

This granola cereal recipe is very versatile. You can add extra protein, raw cashew pieces, chopped dates, raisins, pepitas, sunflower seeds, or anything else you think would go well with granola cereal.

But if you're adding raisins or other dried fruit to your granola, wait to add them until after the granola is roasted and cooled.

Homemade Granola for Parfaits

I love this homemade gluten-free granola! And it's not only good to eat as a cereal, but I also use it for yogurt parfaits.

I shared my homemade vanilla yogurt recipe (click here for the yogurt recipe), and I had a request for a granola recipe to go along with it.

This High Protein Granola Recipe, with lots of nuts, is perfect for yogurt parfaits.

• I can't find the mini butterscotch chips at a regular supermarket nowadays, so I usually get mine at an Amish or Mennonite bulk food store. But you can also purchase them from Amazon (affiliate link) if you don't have access to a local bulk food store.

Amish Breakfast

My dad was a farmer, and he always wanted a big breakfast. So my mom cooked a hearty breakfast for the family every morning, except Sunday mornings.

Sunday mornings were too busy with trying to get the chores done, and everyone had to be ready to leave for the church service by 8:00. So we'd grab a piece of toast or granola cereal on Sunday mornings.

But on every other morning of the week, we had a big breakfast with a variety of meat, hash browns, eggs, etc. And along with that, my dad always had his bowl of cooked oatmeal and granola cereal.

My mom made a small pot of oatmeal for him every morning. And he put the cooked oats in his bowl and topped it with a layer of homemade granola cereal.

This was what he wanted every single morning, along with a cup of hot tea. He wasn't a coffee drinker, but he wanted a cup of hot mint tea along with his breakfast.

Granola Sugar-Free

I am a cereal person, and I could eat cereal every morning for breakfast and be perfectly happy with it. (I love cereal for a late-night snack too!)

My husband, however, likes a big cooked breakfast. He doesn't get a cooked breakfast every morning. However, I always have some of this no-sugar granola cereal in the cupboard, and sometimes he will eat that before he goes to work.

This healthy granola cereal has protein and fills you up more than most store-bought cereal does. It will give you energy for the day. There are also added health benefits to eating oats.

More Amish Recipes with Oatmeal

These Amish Homemade Protein Balls are a healthy and kid-approved snack recipe.

Homemade Granola Bars are easy to make and are great for a snack or breakfast.

Warm homemade baked oatmeal is great for a simple, yet hearty breakfast.

My amazing Oat Fudge Bars as well as Amish Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars are winning recipes!

Amish Homemade Granola

This is a sugar-free, healthy protein granola cereal recipe with oats and honey and lots of nuts. It is so delicious to eat with milk for breakfast, or to use for yogurt parfaits.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cupCalories: 588kcalCarbohydrates: 66gProtein: 15gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 117mgPotassium: 481mgFiber: 13gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 5IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 80mgIron: 5mg