I haven’t made granola in a quite a while and I thought I’d make this batch a little different.  Instead of using nut butter, I substituted canned pumpkin and it was YUMMY!

Pumpkin Granola

Dry Ingredients:

6 cups oats

1 cup oat or wheat bran

1 cup chopped pecans

1 cup raw pumpkin seeds

2 cups raisins

Wet Ingredients:

1 cup canned pumpkin

1/2 cup pure maple syrup

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg (freshly grated is best)

1/4 tsp allspice

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1 TB blackstrap molasses

1 tsp vanilla

3/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.  In a large roasting pan, combine all of the ingredients labeled “dry ingredients” above.  In a small bowl, combine all of the ingredients labeled “wet ingredients” above.  Pour the wet ingredients over the dry and stir to coat all of the oats.  If the oats look dry, add some more canned pumpkin.  Bake for about 1 hour, stirring every 10 minutes.  You’ll know it’s done when it begins to sound crispy when you stir it (I know this sounds weird, but you’ll know what I mean when you make it).