Healthy Oatmeal Cookie Granola
If an oatmeal cranberry cookie is your sweet treat of choice you must try my breakfast version! This cookie granola tastes just like your favorite dessert turned into a breakfast cereal!
This keeps really well in the fridge. Almost indefinitely. I found some in the back of the fridge about 6 months after making this and it was fine! It still tasted great. You can easily double or triple this recipe to make a big batch.
To make my cookie granola you can make cookie shapes before baking but you really don’t have to. You can just spread the mixture on the cookie sheet.
It can be hard to find unsweetened dried cranberries but they are sold on Amazon or you can make your own with my sugar-free dried cranberries recipe. I also know someone who just washes regular sweetened dried cranberries to remove some of the sugar. I’m not sure how effective that is but if a little sugar is ok in your diet it might be a good option.
For more THM E recipes try these:
Apple Crisp with Oats, Pears, Cranberries, & Pumpkin
Sugar Free Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries
Sweet Ginger Chicken with Carrot Noodles
And then click here for Low Carb Oatmeal Cookies
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Healthy Oatmeal Cookie Granola
Ingredients
- 3 cups gluten-free oats
- 3 egg whites
- 1/4 cup Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
- 1 tbsp butter flavored coconut oil melted
- 1 tsp molasses
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 2/3 cup sugar-free dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Mix together all the ingredients (except the cranberries). Spread on a large cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Mix in the cranberries. Bake an additional 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
Could this be made in the microwave?
No, I don’t think so. Stovetop would be better if you don’t want to use the oven.
Can this be eaten as cereal as a 1 cup serving with almond milk? Is that an xo?
Yes, I think that would still be an E.
Could I bake these as granola bars? I have the Pampered Chef snack bar baking mold. Do you think they would hold together? Thanks!
Ooo that’s a great idea. I would add an extra egg white. Let me know how they turn out!
Can this be baked like regular granola? Dump and go😉?
If you add the cranberries at the beginning they can burn. I don’t recommend it.
We’ve been following THM eating now for 2.5 months. My husband missed having granola. Thanks for sharing this recipe so he could have granola for breakfast. 🙂
I missed the number of servings in this recipe
It is at the top of the recipe card. This has 8 servings. Each serving is about 1/2 a cup.
Does this make a chewy granola or a crunchy granola?
This one is a bit chewy. If you chill it (it keeps in the fridge for months) it gets crisper.
Ok, thanks!
I wonder if I could sub raisins for the cranberries since I don’t have unsweetened on hand. Raisins don’t have addd sugar, just natural sugar. Does that matter? I’m new to THM. Thanks.
To my knowledge, raisins have too much natural sugar to be allowed. You can just leave out the cranberries.
Does this need to be refrigerated or can it be stored in the pantry?
It can last a couple weeks in the pantry. It lasts months in the fridge.
Could I leave out the molasses?
Or is it crucial?
TIA
You can leave it out. It just gives a bit of a brown sugar flavor.
I just made this and I found that almost half of the cranberries are black and burnt. Any suggestions
Oh no! Next time you could add them halfway through. Could your oven run hot?
I have frozen unsweetened cranberries. How can I incorporate those in the recipe instead of dried? I know it might be a little more “ wet” due to the frozen cranberries. Thanks!
I would bake them on low heat until they are dry. I don’t think they will work without doing that step first.
Can I eat a 1 cup serving for an E?
That should be fine.
I can’t find the unsweetened cranberries, so I’m going to try cherries! I hope it tastes good!!
What’s a serving size? This look yummy! What if we don’t have the butter flavored coconut oil? What would we sub?
You can use regular coconut oil. A serving size is 1/2 a cup.