Sweet and Crunchy Maple Cinnamon Egg White Granola made with oats, almonds, chia seeds and puffed brown rice! With no oil, and naturally sweetened with maple syrup, this low fat, sugar free high protein granola is perfect for a breakfast or post workout!

Egg White granola?! Yes! You read that right.

Instead of the usual oil, butter or nut butter that a regular granola recipe uses to hold the oats together, this one uses egg whites!

So how it works is the egg whites coat the oats and everything else going on in there. So when you bake the mix, the whites harden and not only keeps things together, but also makes it super crunchy!

Result? The most crunchy and clustery granola out there.

And for the flavor, I just couldn’t help but go for the whole cinnamon maple syrup thing. Made my apartment smell amazing too! If only this weren’t all at 10pm!

Ingredients for this Maple Cinnamon Egg White Granola

The ingredient list for this crunchy granola with egg white is really simple – just a few pantry staples that you can totally customize too!

Rolled Oats – Use gluten free if you need to
Brown Puffed Rice to make add some volume to the granola without as many carbs as oats. The white would work too, but brown is a lot healthier!
Chopped Almonds
Chia Seeds
Salt – I didn’t need to add any, so optional
Maple Syrup – I used a naturally (monk fruit) sweetened one from Lakanto
Unsweetened Applesauce or some mashed banana or pumpkin puree. Don’t use the pumpkin pie filling though!
Cinnamon – Can’t really have a cinnamon almond granola without this!
Nutmeg
Vanilla Extract
Egg White – This is the key for this egg white protein granola recipe!

How to make Crunchy Granola with Egg White

If this is your first-time making a healthy homemade version, well this granola without sugar or oil is just right for you – easy, perfect clusters and all the flavor without much effort.

This was my first time too, and it turned out spot on, so I can definitely attest to that statement!

Preheat your oven to 300°F.
Mix the rolled oats, puffed rice cereal, chopped almonds, chia seeds, maple syrup, applesauce, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg and salt in a large bowl.
In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until they’re nice and foamy. I used a hand mixer for about 10 seconds, but a hand held whisk would be fine too. It would just take a little longer.
Add the egg white foam to the oats and mix it all well. Make sure the egg whites are all gone – no streaks!
The mixture will be quite wet, but that’s alright.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Spread the mixture around the sides of the baking sheet. Leave a hole in the middle like a donut (otherwise the center will remain soggy while the outsides crisp up)
Be sure to spread it out evenly.
Bake for about 40-45 minutes. I would recommend checking at 40 if it’s crunchy.

LET IT COOL!

It will be very tempting to indulge – all those aromas – but you want the cinnamon granola bark to cool completely before breaking it unto clusters.

How to store this Brown rice puff granola

It was a bit hard for me to not finish all of this rice puff granola cereal in one go, but self control is key!

Well, the good thing is that you can keep any “extras” you have.

Store the leftover – cooled – granola in a sealed airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

If you’re in the mood for sharing and not keep it at home, this rice puffs granola makes a really nice homemade gift. Pack it in a pretty glass jar, wrap a bow around it, and there you go!

What makes this the best healthy granola recipe?

Since it uses egg whites, this recipe might just give you the crunchiest homemade granola clusters ever. Other than that, there’s also the beautiful fall flavors making it an amazing maple syrup granola!

It’s a sugar free or low sugar granola if you use a naturally sweetened (with monk fruit) maple syrup.
A no dairy granola with no butter like a lot of other recipes.
This is a no oil and low fat in this granola with only healthy fats from the almonds and chia seeds.
A high fiber granola since chia seeds are known for being a rich-in-fiber food, and there’s also some from the oats and almonds!
This is also a high protein granola because of the egg whites, chia seeds and almonds again.

Some alternative ingredients for this Puffed Rice Cereal Granola

One of the best parts about this puffed brown rice granola recipe is that it uses the rice puffs. This adds in a fair bit of bulk with a lot less carbs as compared to oats.

But if you really don’t want a rice puff granola, just use more oats.

Here’s a list of substitutions overall; If you don’t have any of the X, use the Y

Rolled oats – Instant or quick oats would be great
Puffed Rice – More oats!
Almonds – Some other crunchy chopped nuts like walnuts or pecans
Chia Seeds – Flax seeds, Shredded Coconut or even Coconut flakes!
Maple Syrup – Maybe honey, but you won’t have the option for a healthy sugar-free granola anymore
Applesauce – Good old mashed banana or pumpkin puree will do the trick. Don’t use pumpkin pie filling though!

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