How To Make Pumpkin Granola
Brimming with fall flavors, this pumpkin granola is made with spiced oats, flaxseed, and pecans toasted then tossed with dried cranberries.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3½cupsold fashioned oats
- 6tbspgolden flaxseed meal
- ¾cuppecans,chopped
- 1cuppumpkin puree,canned
- â…”cuplight brown sugar,packed
- ¼cuphoney,or maple syrup
- ¼cupcanola oil
- 1tspvanilla extract
- ½tspsalt
- 1½tspground cinnamon
- ¾tspground ginger
- ¼tspground nutmeg
- ¼tspground allspice
- â…›tspground cloves
- ½cupraw pumpkin seeds
- â…”cupcranberries,dried
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
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In a large mixing bowl, toss together oats, flaxseed meal, and pecans.
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Measure out pumpkin ½ cup at a time and place each half-cup onto several layers of paper towels or on clean tea towels.
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Wrap and squeeze some of the excess moisture from pumpkin until each ½ cup has been decreased to ⅓ cup (giving ⅔ cup total).
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In a separate mixing bowl, stir together the â…” cup pumpkin, brown sugar, honey, canola oil, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves until well combined.
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Pour mixture over oat mixture, toss and stir with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon until mixture is evenly coated (it will take quite a bit of tossing and it will seem dry at first).
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Spread mixture onto a Silpat or parchment paper-lined baking sheet into an even layer.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, removing from oven and tossing every 15 minutes (while breaking large clumps apart).
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Toss in pumpkin seeds and bake for 10 minutes longer. Remove from oven and allow to cool. (Place some in a bowl and add to the freezer for several minutes to speed test).
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For more crunch, return to a 250-degree F oven and bake for about 10 to 15 minutes longer.
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Toss in dried cranberries, allow to cool completely then store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 418.44kcal
- Fat:Â 21.68g
- Saturated Fat:Â 2.42g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.03g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 10.51g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 7.75g
- Carbohydrates:Â 52.38g
- Fiber:Â 7.83g
- Sugar:Â 22.87g
- Protein:Â 9.67g
- Sodium:Â 152.77mg
- Calcium:Â 59.30mg
- Potassium:Â 327.37mg
- Iron:Â 3.50mg
- Vitamin A: 239.00µg
- Vitamin C:Â 2.86mg
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