Banana Bread Granola

Amazing!! My three-year-old-daughter and I made this today, and it is so freaking delicious!! I have to keep her away from it so I have breakfast for the week! Just as good as your pumpkin maple granola, which we’ve made a few times now. I left out the sugar from both recipes – and didn’t miss it at all. Thank you for these wonderful, healthy granola recipes. So glad to have found your site!

Would love to make this, just not a big fan of walnuts or pecans- any suggestions to substitute these?

I make this granola so often because it’s just so good! By now I tried it with different oats (quick oats work just as well), nuts and “add ins”. I absolutely love it with hazelnuts! I’m actually just put a batch in the oven as I type this haha.
It’s also nice as a gift because it’s easy to make but everyone thinks it’s something really special.

This recipe definitely made my life a lot better ;~)

Made this recipe today with my 2.5yr old daughter, it was quick and easy but most of all it was delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe :)

This looks amazing! Would it work with quick oats instead of rolled oats? I’m celiac and would have to order GF rolled oats to make this, but already have quick oats on hand!

This is a major hit in our house (as well as all your other granolas we have tried)! I added cocoa nibs because we like chocolate in our banana bread. Making again this week and thinking of adding some dried fruit for a bit of a chew!

This is the best granola I have ever had!! It tastes exactly like banana bread, and without the butter/white flour/ white sugar regrets!!

I saw this recipe when I was looking at your peanut butter granola recipe (which is wonderful, by the way). My daughter thought I was nuts when I told her it sounded interesting. I made it today while she was at school, and now I can’t wait for her to get home and taste it. My son and I both agree it is fantastic! It tastes just like banana bread! This one will definitely become a regular in our granola rotation. Thank you for such a wonderful recipe! I can’t wait to explore some more of your recipes.

I’m opting for homemade goodies for Christmas gifts this year and I’m totally gifting this granola! It just came out of the oven and my apartment smells fantastic!! :) I added some popped quinoa & buckwheat groats that I had lying around. The real challenge will be to see if I’ll be able to stop eating it before I give it away!!

Hello! This looks perfect for Christmas gift-aways. But I was wondering if the sugar in the recipe can be subbed with something else or removed entirely without compromising on the taste?

xx nat

Oh my! I have it in the oven right this moment and it looks (and tastes, yes I tasted – a lot) sooo delicious! It was ment as a gift, but I thing I’m gonna keep it :)

Tried this recipe and it turned out fantastic! I substituted banana for sweet potato and I substituted the coconut oil for vegan earth balance butter. It turned out amazing and made my condo smell wonderful. This is now my go to recipe for granola!

Well, it’s still in the oven and my 11 and 9 year old walked in the house and said “What’s that amazing smell?!?!?!” LOL, we haven’t tried it just yet… well… ok, I tried it raw, I had to sub olive oil as per a previous comment as Coconut Oil is out of my price range… the olive oil tasted a bit strong. My vary banana and oil quantity next time. :D

In the words of my four-year old daughter, “this- is- a-mazing!” Thank you so much for sharing a delicious and nutritious granola recipe. My four-year old son helped me make your granola recipe, it is a perfect beginner recipe for kids in the kitchen. I posted how he made it on our blog.
My husband and I were both surprised at how much banana flavor actually came through in the granola. This is our new favorite granola- goodbye fancy bagged granola!

WOW! WOW! I made this thinking it would be a novel way to use some ripe banana, but I didn’t think there would be any chance it could bump my go-to #1 granola recipe out of its place.
My goodness, the mix of maple syrup and banana and coconut oil has left my mouth drooling for more.
This is incredibly tasty and I am delighted to taste the banana flavor coming through. The outside pieces which got a little browner are causing me to nibble more and more.
Thanks for this keeper!
I used coconut sugar and bran in place of flax seed, but otherwise followed the recipe as is.

Dana, this is FANTASTIC! Thank you for sharing. The banana taste is – – – incredible. This tastes so much better than the pricey bags of granola that we occasionally splurge on. We love the perfect amount of sweetness that you created. We already sampled it in a Greek yogurt parfait- the kids DEVOURED theirs. By the way, my 4 1/2 year old son helped me make this, it’s an excellent kids-in-the-kitchen recipe. I’m sure we’ll be making another batch soon. Thank you for a healthy and delicious recipe for me to feed my family!

I love my granola clumpy and crunchy too. Just made this one and loved. Will be adding some dark choc chips to balance the flavors :]

Just made this. The most wonderful scent has filled our house! This will be a regular in my recipe book.

Hi Dana,
I can’t wait to try this but I am allergic to seeds. If I leave out the flaxseed will it still be as good? And as nutritious?

This is such a great recipe – the banana adds excellent moisture, flavour and natural sweetness.

this recipe is great! just made it this morning to go with my greek yogurt. I also mixed in some chocolate chips since I like chocolate chip banana bread :)

This is a wonderful recipe! I also added some ch-ch-ch chia seeds as well. I am excited to try your other recipes :)

I’ve been obsessively making this throughout my pregnancy, my baby says thank you! ;)

Soooo yummy! I feel like I could just mix a bit more flax or banana or something in it and it’d be a gigantic cookie, almost wanted to eat the mix raw!! I wonder if you could adapt these into breakfast cookies? I also added dates and raisins because I love dates in my granola ^^
Love you blog by the way, really makes me laugh and inspires me ^^ You’ve got me wanting to make a food blog myself *^^*

This is the best looking and sounding granola, I have come across. I think even hubby would like this and he uses frowns on granola. Let’s see if I can thank you for working miracles on him.

I’ve been looking for a new flavour of granola to try, getting a bit bored of my Maple Almond lol. And I love that this doesn’t have dried fruit! I have a surplus of bananas at the moment, just about to head into the kitchen to make this! :-D

I have some in the oven right now…smells really good…I also added hemp hearts for added protein and used organic coconut sugar! Hopefully it tastes as good as it smells!

I subbed the banana with pumpkin puree since we were out of fresh bananas and ohmygosh I LOVE IT. I couldn’t resist not eating it so now there’s probably only half left, oops! thanks so much for the recipe!

It was love at first sight & bite :-) Thanks for the recipe! I will share it on my blog.

I made this granola the other night – it tastes amazing, I love the little bit of salt. I tossed shaved coconut in during the last 5 minutes and added banana chips right after it can out of the oven. Tonight I ate a big bowl with homemade vanilla cinnamom almond milk. The perfect pair, I could have eaten the whole batch!

Found this amazing recipe on Pinterest today…. In the oven as we speak! Smells like heaven. Planning on topping my favorite nice-cream tonight and blog about it tomorrow. Of course I will be giving a link to your lovely site. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

So I watched Jude (Kim & David’s little guy) and she made me this granola as a thank you…so now I want MORE and here I am! Thanks you clever friends! :)

This recipe was delicious! One of the best granola recipes I have tried. I used brown sugar instead of raw sugar and it turned out perfect! Thank you!

Part of our Easter breakfast ~~~ soooooo good

I have made this 5 or 6 times and each time change it a little…. With or without the banana, plus dried fruit ( dates, apricots, cranberries…) plus flaked almond, macadamias, pecans. Best addition though is shredded coconut. I have also used golden syrup when I didn’t have enough maple syrup and that worked too.

Basically this recipe with whatever I can use from my pantry and the kids (4 and 15 months) and hubby love it every time.

Thank you. I love love love an adaptable recipe to reduce any waste from the pantry. Also great to know what’s in our breakfast cereal. What a great start to the day.
Thanks again

Since coming across your website I’ve made this AMAZING granola at least 3 times. The aroma, the flavor oh so divine! My family and friends have thoroughly enjoyed this recipe, so thank you.

I love this recipe! The smell is intoxicating! I added freeze dried strawberries from Trader Joe’s to end product and it tastes amazing in a bowl with almond milk. Thank you!

Absolutely in love with this website! Its so perfect and simple, I’m all for easy, short recipes! Plus they’re delicious! I just made this and i’m waiting for the second batch to be done! I’m so excited for breakfast tomorrow!

hey! is it ok to substitute the coconut oil for olive oil?
it will change the taste too much?

I made this recipe last night and I’m about to have it for breakfast. I’m sooooo excited! It smells amazing and tastes even better! You have no idea how excited I am to be cooking so much right now, this blog is such an inspiration!

Seriously- BLOWN AWAY by how amazing this turned out!! I am a week overdue waiting for baby to be born. I was having contractions all night that were keeping me up. Finally at 6 am I rolled out of bed. And what else should one due after a sleepless night then make their way to the kitchen to whip up something yummy and special for breakie?! Long story short, I made this granola and it made my day! I’ve been enjoying it with coconut yogurt and fresh strawberries. Already gearing up to make batch #2! Thank you for the amazing recipe!!!

Just made this recipe, still have the great smell throughout my house! Absolutely delicious! I did though substitute almonds for the pecans because I didn’t have any pecans on hand, and it totally works! So if anyone wants to switch up the recipe a little bit, try some almonds for sure.

Have made this twice in a week— a winner! tastes exactly like banana bread!! Thank you!

I made this a week ago, and it was so good ! Thank you for the recipe ! Kisses from France :)

I just recently found your blog and have been swooning over recipes! This was amazing granola and we inhaled the batch at a morning meeting. Thank you for amazing recipes and I look forward to trying many more. Absolutely delicious!

Hi, Dana. Tried your 5-ingredient healthy granola bar and absolutely loved it!

This sounds very exciting too, and am itching to try it. I would like to make bars even with this though; they would make for a convenient snack. Any idea how that may be possible?

I was thinking of notching up the honey slightly so the mixture would still hold together.

Hooked to your blog btw. It is seriously delicious. The recipes are exciting and the photos, delectable.

Y-UM! I love the chunky look of this granola! I guess that´s becuse of the banana – chunks in my granola: Total bonus! ;)

This recipe is AMAZING!!!! I loved the smell as it was in the oven. I have passed this recipe on to everone I know. Thanks for sharing!

How funny, I also posted a (simplified, lower sugar) recipe for Banana Nut Granola last week after discovering Green Kitchen Stories’ version from a few years ago. Our kitchens must have been filled with the same amazing baking banana bread scent at the same time. ;)

Took this out of the oven about an hour ago and OH MY WORD it’s delicious!! So glad I found this recipe. Thanks so much for sharing!!!

Thank you for the recipes. I’m looking forward to trying this one and the veggie tofu stir fry.

I have made this twice in one week! My preschoolers and hubbie can’t get enough of it and sprinkle it on everything- oatmeal, yogurt, protein shakes, and even by itself! This recipe is a keeper for sure. Thanks!

So I’ve made three of your recipes in two days… I may be a little obsessed. :) And I might be overstating this, but I think this granola has changed my life. So unbelievably good. I’m eating it right now as I type. Yum!!! Can’t wait to try your other granola recipes! With the rate I’m going, I’ll have all of them made within a few days!

You’ve done it again! Thank you! I “loaned” my baking stuff and I was itching to do something at 10pm this evening and this just hit the spot. My boyfriend loves it and is finishing 1 batch 1 spoonful at a time. I keep telling him to leave some for breakfast. He’s asking me to make another batch since he wants to show it off in the office tomorrow.. Like I said, a hit!

I don’t have my flaxseed and vanilla with me so I just used almond extract. I couldn’t resist as well – added some chocolate chips while in the baking tray. Yum, thanks Dana!

As someone who faithfully makes the sweet potato granola almost every week since you posted that recipe (yes, it’s a true addiction), I was a bit hesitant to try it with bananas however I have to say, this is a fantastic alternative!! Granola came out beautifully and tasty. My only alternatives were to decrease the honey to 1/4 cup (only to save on cleaning), decreased the sugar to 2 tbsp, omitted the vanilla (forgot) and I added chia seeds. Was afraid the chia seeds would get all glutinous on me but turns out not at all.

Thanks again!

I’m a college kid who LIVES on granola. I have all the ingredients in my kitchen which means I will be making this! Thanks for sharing!

this looks amazing.. i am currently on a granola kick and this recipe is next up on my list!! thank you for the recipe and the BEAUTIFUL pictures!

Making my second batch tonight! My very picky 2 year old is in LOVE with this granola(I kind of am in love too). My daughter is gluten and dairy free and we have made almost every gf recipe on your blog, and we love them all! Thank you so much for making my life easier with all your amazing recipes.

#fistfulls
That is EXACTLY how I roll when it comes to granola. Saving this awesome recipe for my next round of ripe bananas!

so I’m baking this granola, and IT SMELLS SO GOOD IN MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW! Gahhh!

Mmm! This looks so good. I’ve just made banana granola myself – a slightly different recipe -, but yours makes me want to make this for tomorrow’s breakfast right away!

I am not sure if anyone has said this but I made a batch just now with 1/2 cup of applesauce since I had no banana (gasp) and it turned out really good! I am glad you said I could use any other puree in place of the banana. This was super easy and tastey. I am printing out the recipe and will use it all the time now, thanks!!!

I just found your site through The Kitchn, and I’m so glad I did–love it! This granola is so creative. Your photography is gorgeous. Pinning and now stalking all of your social media sites :)

Made this… Impatiently waiting for it to cool so I can EAT THIS!! My place smells amazing! YUM.

This looks amazing! For some reason, I want to add this to some Greek yogurt, but what would you recommend?

I have a ton of almonds I would like to use, will the taste vary a lot if I sub the walnuts for almond?

Thanks

I love banana bread and granola, how have I never thought to combine the two! Can’t wait to make this.

Love, love, love Banana Bread, so can’t wait to give this a go. Thanks! Beautiful photos too :-)

Could you make this without sugar? My hubby is on a no sugar diet right now but this looks sooooo yummy! I am wanting some like right… now!

Instead of sugar, I would use honey\

Just made this tonight. I was wondering if you use ground or whole flax seed. I used whole and it came out great! I am going to add golden raisins to the mix to give it a little more oomph, but it tastes fantastic in its original recipe too! Thanks for sharing!! This is a new go to recipe for me!

Banana bread is maybe on of my favorite foods. I love and I cannot wait to make this granola! Amazed!

All the ingredients are on my shopping list now!

xo Jennifer

I don’t have coconut oil on hand. Is there anything I can use as a substitute, like apple sauce or extra agave nectar?

Dee-Lish! This made the house smell like heaven and was so good. Made the Detox Smoothie to enjoy with it, that was amazing too, even my 12 yr old daughter liked it. That is a big deal…if she sees spinach going into the Blend-Tec, she turns her nose up. But she tried it and loved it (made with tart cherry juice and blackberries). Thank you!!!

Two of my favourite things combined! Love it!

ahh yum! this is an awesome remix of the standard granola. i love the addition of whole pecans and walnuts… very banana bread-y, but also a great surprise for granola!

hello hot pink banana – im tempted now!

I love the nice big chunks in this granola, they look awesome! I’ve always thought that baking was a much better air freshener than those store-bought sprays…unless of course they invented a banana bread spray. But I think you’re on the right track here ;)

This looks sooooooo good! I am drooling over the keyboard. YUM!

This sounds HEAVENLY! You can never have too many good recipes to use up ripe bananas!

My daughter loves granola and banana nut bread, so I am going to make this for her ASAP! Plus I have a couple of bananas that need using, stat :-) Fantastic photos per usual!

It’s another snow day here in Ohio–and this was the PERFECT recipe for today–just out of the oven, and my daughter and I have nearly devoured half the pan!! I think I may have to “hide” this when it cools!! It is perfection! Thanks!

This sounds delectable! I’m a sucker for crunchy-sweet homemade granola clusters…definitely guilty of eating straight from the jar as I attempt to sprinkle it over yogurt.

This is the first time I’ve seen this flavor combination for granola. Can’t wait to try it!

Holy granola, this is pure genius! How did you get to be so clever, Ms. Dana?! I love how this clumps and clusters, the flavors sound like pure perfection, and the pictures are beeeyoootiful!! I am so making this.

Pinned this one – looks and sounds so good!

Such beautiful photos! I’m drooling over here haha, looks great! :)

Mmmmm….

Something about making granola makes me feel like such a good homemaker ;-).

I think we may have been separated at birth. First the juice, now this :)
I made and sell my own handmade vegan GF granola and this was one of my flavors last summer, if you have any other brilliant ideas, submit it to the contest!

I could take a really bite out of this right now! Sounds great! Your photos, as always, look fantastic!

I love throwing bananas in granola! It makes the most wonderful smell while baking and it also makes such awesome huge clusters. <3 I'm totally with you — I eat my granola right from the jar most of the time. This looks so amazing and delicious! I'm definitely trying it soon.
Pinning for now!

Yum! As soon as this popped into my inbox, I knew I had to try it. I just took it out of the oven and it smells amazing – and tastes pretty good right off the baking tray too! I couldn’t find pecans so I substituted some banana chips part way through for extra crunch and banana goodness.

Yep, doin’ it.

BRILLIANT! Love these photos and that piece of wood is KILLER. Pinning fo sho.

The smell of this banana bread is coming through the screen!! LOVE this!

How much banana? 1/2 C? Or is it 1-1/2? 1 med banana seems like more than 1/2.

Banana bread is my weakness! Can’t wait to try this!

I want my house to smell like banana bread! Sounds easy and fantastic!

Granola that tastes like banana bread? I’m in! Great looking recipe