Pumpkin Pie Granola

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups old fashioned oats (not instant or quick cooking)
• 1 cup spelt, flakes or 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
• 1/3 cup dried cranberries, soaked in hot water and drained
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 tablespoons pumpkin puree
• 2 1/2 tablespoons canola oil or 2 1/2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325°f
• 2 mix the oats, spelt flakes, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, salt, brown sugar, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries in a bowl.
• 3 add the pumpkin puree, oil, maple syrup and vanilla and stir well, until the oats are thoroughly coated.
• 4 spread out in a single layer on a greased baking sheet.
• 5 bake for 20 minutes, then stir and bake 30 minutes longer.
• 6 set the baking sheet on a rack until the oats are completely cool. the oats will harden into granola while cooling.