Fall Granola Recipe with Pumpkin Seeds and Flax
This clumpy fall granola uses pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin seeds, ground flax seeds, and nuts for a crunchy and cozy, wholesome snack or breakfast.
Servings: 8 cups
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 (190 °C). 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 (150 C). 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 sealed jar or container.
Notes
Quick Steel-cut oats: Regular steel-cut oats make this recipe thicker, and you need to chew lots to break down these oats. Use quick steel-cut oats for this recipe. Or use more rolled oats.
Pumpkin pie spice: This is a spice made of a mixture of warm spices. If you don't have any, you can easily make some with 5 spices or use cinnamon instead!
Gluten Free: Be sure to use certified gluten-free oats for this recipe to be gf, as oats are gluten-free; however, they can often have traces of gluten on them from where they are processed.
Flaxseeds: If you only have whole flax seeds, grind them in a coffee grinder or blender to make them a fine powder.
To see step-by-step photos, scroll up in the blog post.
This recipe was inspired and adapted by Amanda at Heart Beet Kitchen.
Nutrition
Calories: 653kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 233mg | Potassium: 278mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 6IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 5mg