It's time to make a fall granola recipe, with pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin seeds, and maple syrup! This recipe is not only easy to make but packed with wholesome ingredients.
I'm a granola girl through and through. My favorite is a clumpy granola with a good crunch. I've been making granola for over 10 years and this may be my favorite go-to mix!!
Why you'll love this smoothie:
- Packed with nutrient-dense ingredients to keep you fuelled.
- Sweetened with maple syrup & coconut sugar (or brown sugar).
- A great recipe for cycle syncing for the follicular stage! If you are into that, next try my pumpkin seed bars!
- 1 cup of this granola is 17 grams of protein per serving, a healthy fall breakfast idea!
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Ingredients and substitutions
Here are the simple ingredients that you will need to make homemade clumpy granola, as well as what alternative ingredients I've tested too. This is a pumpkin spice granola recipe without pumpkin puree.
What you need to know about the ingredients needed:
Maple syrup: I've alternated between using maple syrup and honey for this granola recipe. Both work well!
Steel-cut oats: Regular steel-cut oats make this recipe very thick and make you need to chew quite a lot. Use quick steel-cut oats for this recipe. Or use more rolled oats.
Rolled oats: I don't recommend using quick oats for this recipe, for the perfect texture used rolled oats.
Coconut sugar: Brown sugar can be used as a 1:1 replacement for coconut sugar.
Pumpkin pie spice: This is a mixture of warm spices (they use in a PSL), if you don't have any, you can easily make some with 5 spices OR use cinnamon instead!
Nuts: The photo above shows that I use almonds, however any chopped nuts work.
Oil: Grapeseed oil, olive oil, or cold-pressed canola oil works for this recipe!
See recipe card for quantities.
Nutrition insights from Danika
In my blog posts, I like to share a little insight from my schooling in holistic nutrition. Let's chat about this homemade granola.
High in fiber: The oats, seeds, and nuts provide wholesome fibers supporting the digestive tract, detoxification, and regulating blood sugar levels.
Good source of healthy fats: Pumpkin seeds, ground flax, and almonds are great healthy fats which support brain health, and skin, as well as being a source of long-lasting energy.
Seed cycling: This homemade granola recipe uses pumpkin seeds and flax seeds. These seeds are rich in omega-3s, magnesium, and lignans, which support hormone balance, reduce inflammation, and promote healthy estrogen levels during the first half of the female cycle (the menstrual and follicular phase). Read more here.
Step-by-step photos for pumpkin seed granola
Step 1: Place the oats on a cookie sheet and toast for 10 minutes at 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, place the oil, maple syrup (or honey), coconut sugar (or brown sugar), vanilla, sea salt, and pumpkin spice mix. Stir until well combined.
Step 3: Add the ground flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, chopped nuts, and toasted oats to the mixing bowl. Stir until everything is covered in the sugar mixture.
Step 4: Place the oat mixture back onto the cookie sheet, press down slightly. and bake for 30 minutes at 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
Let the granola fully cool on the cookie sheet so it creates a clumpy texture. Then store in an air tight container or zip lock bag.
Other recipes you may like!
For another fall recipe try this pumpkin snack cake!
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Fall Granola Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 2 cups quick cooking steel cut oats or more rolled oats
- ½ cup oil olive oil or grapeseed oil or cold-pressed canola oil
- ¼ cup maple syrup or melted honey
- ¼ cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup chopped nuts I use almonds. Or use pecans or walnuts.
- ½ cup pumpkin seeds
- ¼ cup ground flax seeds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the steel-cut oats and rolled oats on a cookie sheet and toast them in the oven oats for 10.
- Meanwhile in a large mixing bowl place the oil, maple syrup (or melted honey), coconut sugar (or brown sugar), vanilla, pumpkin pie spice and sea salt. Mix together well.
- Once the oats are done toasting add them to the large mixing bowl along with chopped nuts, pumpkin seeds, and ground flax seeds. Stir until everything is coated in the sugar mixture.
- Return this mixture onto the cookie sheet, spread all the granola on the pan and slightly press down. Turn the oven down to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake the granola for 30 minutes, remove the pan from the oven and let it sit until completely cool. Then break it into chunks and store this granola in a sealing jar or container.
Notes
Nutrition
Danika Vanderpyl, C.H.N
I create snack recipes with healthy ingredients that are mostly already in your kitchen. I'm certified in Holistic Nutrition and I care about giving my kids real food. Let me share my nutrient-dense easy snacks with you.
Sab says
This granola is SO tasty! I made it just now, and the sweetness and flavors are perfect! it's super easy to throw in additional add ins, I threw in some raisins and coconut as I ran out of seeds, and it was just as good!
Danika Vanderpyl says
Heyyy Sabrina!! Glad you liked this recipe, thanks for letting me know you tried it. I love the raisins and coconut addition.
Christina says
Great recipe! It was easy to follow and the taste was great. I used cinnamon instead of Pumpkin Pie Spice because that's what I had on hand and it still turned out great. It used ingredients I had on hand so it was nice that I didn't have to get anything extra and it was easy for my kids to help me make it.
Danika Vanderpyl says
Thanks for leaving a comment Christina! I'm glad you found it easy to make! Enjoy.