Pumpkin Spice Granola Recipe

Filling a jar of granola with a wooden spoon from a sheet pan to a mason jar with lid.

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Pumpkin Spice Granola Recipe

Homemade granola with pumpkin seeds, pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice for a seriously delicious, crunchy snack! This easy pumpkin spiced granola is a fabulous fall treat, holiday gift idea or topping for ice cream and yogurt.

Prep Time10

Cook Time50

Total Time1

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan

Servings:

Calories: 198kcal

Author: Debra Klein

Equipment

Ingredients

2 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup pumpkin seeds
¾ cup walnuts
¾ cup quinoa, uncooked
½ cup ground flax
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
½ teaspoon sea salt
½ cup canned pumpkin puree
¼ cup tahini
⅓ cup maple syrup
2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line large rimmed baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper.
In a medium sized bowl, mix together dry ingredients: oats, quinoa, flax, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, pumpkin pie spice and sea salt.
Use a 2 cup glass measuring cup to pour in maple syrup, pumpkin puree, tahini and vanilla extract. Mix until fully blended.
Pour wet ingredients into the dry mixture and mix well.
Transfer to prepared baking tray. Spread into thin layer.
Bake in preheated 300 degree oven for 50 minutes. Check center of pan to be sure it's dried out all the way through. If not, stir to mix and crumble, then put back in the oven for 5 additional minutes.
Let cool completely before transferring to airtight container. Granola will stay good at room temperature for a month. Freeze for 3 months in freezer safe container.

Notes

Nuts: Use any combination of nuts/seeds for a total of 1 ¾ cups.

Optional: ½ cup chocolate chips

Nutritional information: calculated based on one recipe making 8 cups granola and ½ cup serving size.

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