Pumpkin Spice Granola
October 25, 2011 | Print | E-mail | Filed under oat, pumpkin
One of my favorite quick yet filling breakfasts or snacks to have throughout the day is yogurt, and ever since I made my own granola bars and realized just how easy they are to make at home, I’ve been wanting to make my own granola to have on hand. Of course, given that I am pumpkin-obsessed these days, I couldn’t resist adding it to my first batch of homemade granola, along with a few of my favorite fall flavors. The resulting granola is wonderfully spiced and perfect for stirring into yogurt, sprinkling on top of a warm bowl of steel-cut oats, or just eating by the handful. And of course, what’s great about making your own granola is that you can customize it with whatever you like best – try adding pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, dried cranberries or raisins, chopped dates, sliced almonds, applesauce, or coconut, for just a few suggestions. Now, what are you waiting for? Go forth and make granola!
- 4 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp cloves
- 1 1/2 Tbsp millet
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup white chocolate or butterscotch chips
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray an 8×8″ baking dish with cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine the oats, spices, millet, and salt.
In a medium bowl, combine the brown sugar, pumpkin, and honey.
Pour the pumpkin mixture into the oat mixture, and stir to combine. Stir in the chips. Press the mixture into the baking dish.
Bake 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and give it a good stir, then bake 15 minutes longer or until golden brown.
Let cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
October 25th, 2011 at 11:37 am
I am so pumpkin obsessed so I’m SUPER excited about your pumpkin granola. (not to mention all of the other pumpkin recipes you’ve posted, I need to comment!) I can’t wait to try this out.
Thanks for another amazing recipe!
October 25th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
This looks great! I make granola all the time, and will try this recipe for my next batch. Love the fact that it’s oil-free. I saw that your instructions mentioned adding applesauce to the pumpkin, brown sugar, etc. , but applesauce isn’t in the ingredients list. How much should be used in this recipe?
October 25th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
I am always a boring granola maker. Sometimes I spice it up with a few m&ms.
This looks perfect! And non-boring!
October 25th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Never thought of adding butterscotch chips to granola! Wow, must must must try this out!
October 25th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
Love the addition of butterscotch!
October 25th, 2011 at 1:59 pm
WOW! This looks great. You know about my pumpkin obsession so I will be trying this soon!!
October 25th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Julia – The applesauce was supposed to be mentioned in the additional ingredient suggestions, not in the directions, whoops! Thanks for letting me know!
October 25th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
The directions mention adding applesauce, but it isn’t listed in the ingredients. How much should I add?
October 25th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Another great high-fiber addition would be Wheat Germ…..i always have a bag of it in my freezer. I wonder if it would work in place of the millet?
October 25th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
I want this so bad.
October 25th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
I need to find some millet and get on this. You think I could swap in wheat germ?
October 25th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Oh heaven help me. This is just what I want. I love pumpkin anything! Come visit us. We have a terrific three way lasagna this week.
October 25th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
I just made granola for the first time ever over the weekend, and I feel like such an idiot for not trying it sooner, so easy! I’m with you, yogurt & granola is a go-to weekday meal for me, and now I’m so excited to be able to eat my OWN granola. I’ll have to give your pumpkin spice recipe a try.
October 26th, 2011 at 12:07 am
KirstenL and Amber – I think wheat germ is a great addition! I use it a lot when I make the granola into bars, too.
October 26th, 2011 at 1:15 am
Now somebody needs to make some cinnamon yogurt or something…that would be so perfect. Thanks for the awesome idea!
October 26th, 2011 at 6:35 am
I just saw this and had everything lying around so I just put a batch in the oven, can’t wait to taste the finished result!
October 26th, 2011 at 6:58 am
This sounds absolutely delicious! Love the pumpkin flavour in this.
October 26th, 2011 at 8:04 am
YUm! ive been craving granola lately for some reason, i like the seasonal PUMPKIN addition!
October 26th, 2011 at 10:16 am
Wow… This sounds amazing! I will be making it ASAP
October 26th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Mmmm, I can almost taste it! This almost makes me want to eat breakfast on a regular basis instead of just making do with coffee. Hmmm . . .
October 26th, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Maria, try sprinkling some cinnamon on vanilla (or plain, if you like it tangy) yogurt: voila – cinnamon yogurt!
October 26th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
I’m excited to try making a batch of this granola with the pumpkin sitting in my fridge leftover from other baking projects. I’m not a huge granola fan, but my father-in-law would love this!
October 27th, 2011 at 2:04 am
Ooo, I like that you’ve added a little millet in there. I need to try this!
October 27th, 2011 at 8:55 am
This looks awesome! I just made some homemade granola bars the other day from a Vegan cookbook I have and it came out great. I am definitely going to try this. I’m not vegan, but the recipe I tried was worth the effort
I <3 pumpkin.
October 27th, 2011 at 8:59 am
Granola is one of my guys favorites, hands down. Snacking, cereal you name it they like. Just wait until I make them this. They’ll be over the moon.
November 2nd, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Hmmm me thinks i need to make up some granola tonic
November 2nd, 2011 at 8:04 pm
This looks fabulous! I eat a lot of steel-cut oats, and this looks like a great way to jazz it up. I’m bookmarking this to try this weekend!!
November 19th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
I have been wanting to make pumpkin granola for some time now, and this looks like a great recipe (I wouldn’t even mind being a little bit naughty and adding in those butterscotch chips as it is the holiday season after all!). I typically make a maple apple walnut granola because I love those fall spices, but I think this might be a nice change.