Homemade Pumpkin Pie Granola
 
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Store in airthight container for up to 3 weeks.
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Serves: 8 cups
Ingredients
  • 3 cups large-flake rolled oats
  • 2 cups puffed rice cereal
  • 1 cup pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds)
  • ¾ cup slivered almonds
  • ⅓ cup roasted unsalted shelled sunflower seeds
  • ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup maple syrup
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • ¾ tsp cinnamon
  • ¾ tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 325ºF.
  2. In a large bowl, combine oats, puffed rice cereal, pepitas, slivered almonds and sunflower seeds.
  3. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, cook brown sugar, maple syrup, vegetable oil, cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves and salt until sugar is dissolved, about 3 minutes.
  4. Pour sugar mixture over oat mixture and mix well.
  5. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and divide mixture between the two.
  6. Bake in top and bottom thirds of oven, switching and rotating baking sheets halfway through and stirring twice, until crisp and golden, 30 to 35 minutes.
  7. Let cool and break up any large chumps.
Recipe by Valerie's Keepers at https://www.valerieskeepers.com/homemade-pumpkin-pie-granola/