Description
These Breakfast Granola Cups are a perfect grab-and-go option for busy mornings, or a delightful addition to your weekend brunch spread. Packed with wholesome ingredients like oats, honey, and cinnamon, they offer a satisfying balance of flavor and nutrition to start your day.
Ingredients
1/4 cup applesauce or mashed banana
1/4 cup honey or agave
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup rolled oats
Yogurt or fresh fruit, for topping
Instructions
- Prepare the muffin tin: Grease a muffin tin or mini muffin tin and set it aside.
- Mix the wet ingredients: In a bowl, whisk together the applesauce (or mashed banana), honey (or agave), and vanilla extract.
- Add dry ingredients: Stir in the cinnamon, salt, and rolled oats until everything is evenly mixed.
- Fill the muffin tin: Portion the mixture into six muffin cups, pressing the batter up the sides as firmly as possible to form a cup shape.
- Bake: Preheat the oven to 330°F (165°C) and bake for 12 minutes. After 12 minutes, remove from the oven and use a spoon to gently press the sides back into the muffin tins to help form a firmer cup.
- Cool: Allow the granola cups to sit in the tin for 10 minutes to prevent crumbling before removing.
- Serve: Top the cooled cups with yogurt or fresh fruit of your choice and enjoy!
Notes
- For a vegan option, use mashed banana in place of applesauce and agave instead of honey.
- These granola cups are customizable with your favorite add-ins like chocolate chips, nuts, or dried fruits.
- If you want to make these sweeter, add extra honey or agave, or sprinkle coconut sugar on top before baking.
- For a gluten-free version, be sure to use certified gluten-free rolled oats.
- These cups freeze well, so make a batch and store for later use.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 granola cup
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
