Homemade Granola with Pumpkin Pie Spice

You can eat it right out of your hand, pour milk over it and eat it like cereal, or make a healthy parfait by layering yogurt and granola.  Anyway you serve it, homemade granola is the bomb.

Here's the ingredients I used, modified somewhat from the recipe on

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4 cups old-fashioned oats

chopped pecans

sliced almonds

craisins

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup honey

3 Tbls pure maple syrup

2 Tbls mild olive oil

1 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

In a large bowl, combine the oats, almonds, and pecans.  Set aside.

In a saucepan, combine brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, oil, and pumpkin pie spice.

Mix and bring to a boil, remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.

Pour over the oat mixture.

Stir to coat.  Spread in a 1/2 sheet pan lined with a silicone mat.

Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes, stir occasionally. 

Let cool, add the craisins.

Store in an airtight container--I used the empty oatmeal container.
(reuse stuff!)

You can improvise and use any combination of nuts and dried fruit.

Here's the link to make your own pumpkin pie spice:

pumpkin pie spice

Enjoy friends!