This recipe for Crock-Pot Applesauce Granola is delicious and made with applesauce and your favorite nuts. It cooks quickly in the slow cooker without needing to heat up the oven. Eat for breakfast with milk, top your favorite yogurt or just munch on as a healthy snack!
Slow Cooker Applesauce Granola
This is a recipe from Fake Ginger that is cooked in the oven. I adjusted it a little to what I had on hand and cooked it in the slow cooker.
Many homemade granola recipes use a lot of oil or butter in order to obtain the crispiness and clusters to form a good granola. However, this applesauce granola uses, you guessed it, unsweetened applesauce and just a little bit of oil to get the same results.
Making this a healthy granola that you really can customize to your liking.
I opted to use pecans and sunflower seed kernels to add extra crunch and flavor along with some brown sugar and cinnamon.
But like I said, you can really customize this recipe to your liking by using other nuts and seeds (walnuts, almonds, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, etc.). You can also change up the seasoning with other spices (nutmeg, cloves, pumpkin pie spice, apple pie spice, etc.)
You can even add in your favorite dried fruit for some yummy chew (raisins, apples, apricots, cranberries, etc.).
Experiment with the recipe and make it totally unique and yours!
Special Diets
Gluten Free | Low Calorie | Low Cholesterol | Low Sodium | Low Sugar | Vegetarian
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Crock-Pot Applesauce Granola Recipe
Equipment
- 6 Quart Crock-Pot or larger slow cooker
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce (Store Bought Or Homemade Apple Sauce)
- 1 Tablespoon Honey
- 1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
- 2 ½ Cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
- 1 Cup Chopped Pecans
- ½ Cup Unsalted Sunflower Seed Kernels
- ¼ Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- ½ Teaspoon Kosher Salt
Instructions
- In a small pan on the stove-top, add applesauce, honey and vegetable oil.½ Cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce –1 Tablespoon Honey –1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
- Cook on low heat on the stove-top until honey is melted.
- Add the remaining ingredient to a 6 quart or larger oval or round slow cooker OR a 3.5 quart casserole slow cooker. Stir everything well making sure the brown sugar is broken up.2 ½ Cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats –1 Cup Chopped Pecans –½ Cup Unsalted Sunflower Seed Kernels –¼ Cup Brown Sugar –1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon –½ Teaspoon Kosher Salt
- Add in the liquid mixture to slow cooker and stir well making sure all of the dry ingredients are coated.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 1 to 2 hours, stirring periodically to prevent burning along the edges.
- Carefully transfer granola to a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper or waxed paper and allow the granola to cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Yum! I’m just wondering if quick oats will work for this or if I have to use the old fashioned kind?
Thanks! Just found your site and am having a hey-day! 🙂
Either will work. But quick oats is probably the best. It ends up being toasted in the end.
How many servings does the recipe make? How many calories per serving?
Do you mean oats instead of oatmeal in the ingredient list?
Yes LJ this recipe should read ‘oats” and not “oatmeal” I have edited the recipe to fix that. Thanks for points that out to us!
I made this as written in the recipe, but it unfortunately did not work out for me. The granola did not clump together, and never got crispy. I cooked for about an hour longer than recipe called for (about 3 hrs total), and made sure to cool completely on cookie sheet. Flavor is good, but I prefer my granola to be clumpy. This was just oatmeal. Maybe needs more liquid and/or fat? I may try the recipe ingredients, and bake in oven.