Healthy Pumpkin Pie Granola (with Real Pumpkin!)

Bursting with sweet pumpkin, fragrant vanilla, and iconic cozy fall spices, this pumpkin pie granola is even better than the classic dessert. It has all the nostalgic pie flavor, but with good-for-the-body ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 0.5 c pumpkin puree
  • 0.5 c maple syrup
  • 0.5 c melted coconut oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 c old fashioned oats
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ginger powder
  • 0.5 tsp nutmeg
  • 0.25 tsp allspice
  • 0.25 tsp cardamom
  • 0.25 c raw pecans
  • 0.25 c raw pepitas
  • 0.25 c juice-sweetened dried cranberries
  • 0.25 c finely diced crystallized ginger

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350.
  2. Bring all of the ingredients to room temperature, then stir together the pumpkin puree, maple syrup, coconut oil, and vanilla.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, salt, spices, pecans, and pepitas. Pour the wet mixture over the top and mix well.
  4. Spread the mixture across a very large sheet tray or two smaller sheet trays.
  5. Bake at 350 for about ~35-40 minutes until the oats are evenly and lightly browned. Stir after 10 and 20 minutes.
  6. Cool completely by setting the sheet tray on a wire rack.
  7. Stir in the cranberries and crystallized ginger after the granola has cooled.
  8. Store the granola in a sealed container to keep it crunchy.
RECIPE from The Rogue Brussel Sprout Blog
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