Pumpkin Spice Granola
A healthy breakfast filled with a handful of nutritiously delicious ingredients. In this recipe you will learn how to make granola at home using a few pantry staples like oats, nuts, spices and dried fruit. Turn your breakfast into a yummy treat with this granola.
Equipment
- Baking tray
- Spatula
- Mixing bowl
- Baking paper
Ingredients
- 1 cup Oat flakes
- 1/2 cup Instant Oats
- 2 tbsp Flaxseed powder
- 1/4 cup Coconut freshly grated
- 1/2 cup Cashew nuts
- 1/2 cup Pecans
- 1/2 cup Walnuts
- 1/2 cup Pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup Peanuts
- 1 heaped tsp Pumpkin spice powder
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/3 cup Maple syrup
- 1/4 cup Olive oil
- 2 tbsp Peanut butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180℃.
- Add all the wet ingredients into a bowl and whisk together until combined.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together and pour the wet mixture on top. Stir together until everything is evenly coated, either in a large bowl or baking tray.
- Transfer to a baking tray (13’ x 5’) and using the spatula, flatten it out so it can bake well.
- Rotate the tray every 10 mins to ensure an even baking through out. While rotating stir the granola around from bottom to top.
- After 45 mins the granola should be ready, the mixture would have changed color into to a deep brown, the nuts would be toasted and the mixture should not sticky anymore.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool at room temperature. Break it apart and transfer to a glass jar.
- Store for unto a month, serve with milk, dried and fresh fruit or as you like.
Notes
- Make sure to rotate the baking tray and to stir the mixture around to ensure even cooking through out.
- You can find substitutes for the ingredients in the write up mentioned above.
- Don’t add your fried fruit into the granola jar while storing, serve it separately while eating. This will keep your granola crunchy longer.