Made using almonds, walnuts, cashews, and pumpkin seeds, this granola is grain free and totally unique.
By Mariela Alvarez Toro
Nutty Pumpkin Spice Granola
- Total Time: 3 hours 36 mins
- Yield: 4 cups 1x
Description
Made using almonds, walnuts, cashews, and pumpkin seeds, this granola is grain free and totally unique.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cup raw cashew
- 1 ½ cups raw walnuts
- ½ cup almonds
- ½ cup pumpkin seed
- ¾ cup canned pumpkin
- ¼ cup palm sugar
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- 3 tbsp. raw local honey
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
- 1-inch piece of fresh ginger, grated
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place 1 cup of the cashews and 1 cup of the walnut is a large bowl, pour 2 cups of filtered water over the nuts and let soak for 4-6 hours, or overnight.
- Drain and rinse, then place in a food processor. Pulse until finely ground, about two to three five second pulses. It should resemble a rough meal. Transfer into a large bowl.
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Place pumpkin, sugar, maple syrup, honey, oil, salt, and spices on a small saucepan over very low heat. Stir until everything is blended together.
- Pour pumpkin spice mix over the ground nuts. Add the remaining cashews, walnuts, almonds, and pumpkin seeds. Mix until everything is evenly covered.
- Transfer onto a large baking sheet and evenly spread onto a thin layer. Bake, mixing the granola every 20-30 minutes, for three hours and a half hours.
- You want to make sure that the granola does not burn. Understand your oven’s temperature range and adjust as necessary. I recommend keeping an eye on how the granola is cooking every time you stir it around the baking sheet. My oven cooks certain parts faster than others, so I have to pay particular attention to it.
- Once the three hours have passed remove from the oven and let cool completely. Transfer to a tight sealed container. Should keep for 2 weeks.
- Serve over yogurt, ice cream, or with milk!
- Prep Time: 6 mins
- Cook Time: 3 hours 30 mins
- Category: Snack
