Granola butter is the instant toast upgrade you need
Granola butter is a nut butter with added granola for a nutty semi-smooth oat butter with cinnamon, coconut, cashews, and maple syrup.
| Active time | Total time | Yield | Difficulty |
| 5 min | 15 minutes | 2 cups | Easy |
I came across granola butter at my local store and thought it sounded intriguing, so I bought a jar. My daughter and I instantly loved it for it’s oatmeal cookie flavors, but I also thought I could make my own oat butter better at home. It’s nutty and textural and utterly delicious.
We’re a big fan of homemade nut butters around here, always having one or all of cashew butter, pistachio butter, or homemade nutella on hand. The clean taste of freshly ground nuts is always more interesting than commercially produced nut butters.
I love with this recipe that you can use store-bought granola, or use your own homemade granola like this low-sugar applesauce granola. This lets you customize the flavor of your granola butter and control how much sugar is in your final granola butter. If you like biscoff butter, the flavor is not that different, just maybe a little more oaty and a little crunchier.
However you want to describe granola butter, you’ll want to give it a try for topping your favorite breads like pita bread, homemade tortillas, easy everyday bread, and fresh milled whole wheat bread.
Granola Butter
Why this recipe works
- Food processor awesomeness: If you’ve never made homemade nut butters before, they will help you appreciate your food processor . After several minutes of grinding, there’s a magical moment when a homemade nut butter here goes from seized up and chunky to a perfectly drippy lovely spread. Here we’re just adding granola into the same mix for a different texture and flavor combination.
- Love oatmilk? This nut butter is for you!: Most granola already has good things like coconut and nuts in it. Oats are the only thing not in nut butters normally, but if you like oatmilk, it’s not much of a stretch to believe that crunchy oats will add something extra tasty to nut butter.
What is granola butter?
Granola butter or oat butter if we want to be slightly less confusing is a nut butter made with added granola. Oats and nuts and coconut are blended until they’re a drippy semi-smooth consistency. Granola butter tastes similar but is nuttier tasting and less sweet than Biscoff butter.
What kind of granola should I use for granola butter?
You can really use any kind of granola you’d like, though I prefer to use less sweet granola like my applesauce granola. For this batch, I used a vanilla blueberry granola from the store.
Try and avoid granola with M&Ms in it as they will add dyes to the butter when ground up which will make for a muddy color. Otherwise, granola with chocolate will be delicious.
If you’re using store-bought granola, check your labels to see how sweet your granola is. You can always taste your granola before you put it in the food processor and take out the maple syrup if it seems too sweet.
Ingredients for Granola Butter
- 1 cup raw cashews (113 g)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes (30 g)
- 2 cups granola (195 g)
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil (45 mL)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
Breads to enjoy with your oat butter
- pita bread
- homemade tortillas
- easy everyday bread
- fresh milled whole wheat bread
- pear streusel muffins
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Granola butter
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 cups 1x
Description
Nutty oat butter made with whole granola, cashews, and coconut with all the cozy flavors of an oatmeal cookie. Spread this on your toast or a sesame bagel and your day will definitely get a little brighter.
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw cashews (113 g)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes (30 g)
- 2 cups granola (195 g)
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil (45 mL)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
Toast the nuts
- Spread the cashews and coconut on a sheet tray. Toast them in a 350F oven for 8-10 minutes. There’s no need to wait for the oven to preheat. Do watch the coconut as it has a tendency to get dark in a very short time window. If you smell the coconut, take it out of the oven!
- Pour the toasted nuts and coconut along with the rest of the ingredients into a food processor.
Grind the granola butter
- Grind everything together, scraping down the sides as necessary. After about 2-3 minutes, the mixture will be finely ground but it may look a little too thick to spread yet. Have patience and keep on processing the mixture for 7-8 minutes until the spread is drippy and easily flowing. You will still have some texture from the granola at this point, and that is fine because you did make granola butter, after all.
- Scrape the granola butter into a clean jar. It will keep at room temperature for weeks.
Have patience and keep on processing the mixture for 7-8 minutes until the spread is drippy and easily flowing. You will still have some texture from the granola at this point, and that is fine because you did make granola butter, after all. 
Notes
Troubleshooting and FAQ:
1. What kind of granola should I use?: Anything goes here, except for granola with added M&Ms or similar candies. Once ground up, those candies will add dyes to the oat butter that will make it look a little muddy and otherwise lurid. Use whatever flavor you like other than that. I used vanilla blueberry granola here.
2. What if my granola butter seems too dry?: Depending on the granola that you use, it may have less or more moisture (granola with dried fruit will be moister, for instance). If your butter looks like it will not ever get to that drippy consistency, add a little bit more coconut oil. Very quickly, it should loosen up.
3. Can I skip the maple syrup?: The maple syrup is adding a little moisture, but if you want to remove it to keep the sugar down, replace it with either 1 tablespoon more coconut oil or 2 tablespoons of extra cashews.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Jams and spreads
- Method: Food Processor
- Cuisine: American
