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Carrot Cake Granola

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Easy, healthy, and delicious Carrot Cake Granola filled with oats, carrots, coconut, raisins, walnuts, and the perfect blend of spices! This gluten-free and vegan granola is free of refined sugars and makes a great breakfast, dessert, or snack!

A clear jar filled with orange granola sprinkled with coconut.

Granola is one of those things that I make quite frequently as my toddler adores it, and it is SO incredibly fun, easy, and cost-effective to make!

A mason jar filled with granola.

I’m always playing with various flavor combinations, and as a family that also loves their carrot cake, it was just a matter of time before I made this AMAZING Carrot Cake Granola.

Top view of open jar filled with carrot cake granola sprinkled with shredded coconut.
Orange granola in a green bowl topped with milk and a silver spoon.

This Carrot Cake Granola is chock-full of oats, carrots, coconut, raisins, walnuts, and all of the tasty warming spices you would expect from the perfect slice of carrot cake!

An open jar of homemade granola sprinkled with coconut.
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If you like this granola, you will love these carrot cake overnight oats.

Close view of homemade granola in a ceramic bowl.

This Carrot Cake Granola is also:
Gluten-free & vegan
Free of refined sugars
Easy
Healthy
Filling
And DELICIOUS

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We like it as a healthy breakfast, as a quick pick-me-up afternoon snack, and as a yummy dessert (it’s great with vanilla yogurt!). It’s now a pantry staple, and I can only hope you love it just as much as we do!

Close shot of a spoon scooping up granola and milk out of a bowl.

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Close shot of orange colored granola sprinkled with white coconut.

Carrot Cake Granola

Easy, healthy, and delicious Carrot Cake Granola filled with oats, carrots, coconut, raisins, walnuts, and the perfect blend of spices! This gluten-free and vegan granola is free of refined sugars and makes a great breakfast, dessert, or snack!
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Course: Breakfast, Snacks
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Author: Kristen Wood

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons maple syrup or raw honey
  • 4 tablespoons coconut oil or butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups rolled oats GF if necessary
  • 1 cup carrots shredded
  • 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
  • 1 tablespoon coconut sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 cup golden raisins
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 275°F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
  • In a saucepan over medium heat, combine maple syrup (or honey), coconut oil (or butter), and vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth and combined. Turn off heat.
  • In a large mixing bowl combine oats, carrots, walnuts, coconut sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Stir combine.
  • Pour your warm syrup, oil, vanilla mixture over your oat mixture. Stir vigorously until all is evenly coated.
  • Pour your granola mixture onto your prepared cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 25 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven, and sprinkle raisins and coconut over top.
  • Return to the oven and bake for 10 minutes longer.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool completely before serving or storing.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

You might also like: Gluten-Free Carrot Cake.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.25cup | Calories: 353kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 26mg | Potassium: 348mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 3567IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 2mg

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