Oh no I didn’t. No I did not just combine pumpkin and granola AND paleo all into one bowl. OH WAIT, yes I did!! This is one of the happiest moments of my life. I’m not even eating nuts (since I’m slightly allergic) and I still tried this out. Totally worth it. I’ll be sick later, but thankfully I’m single and alone. KIDDING. Laura and Sarah get to hang out with me. JOKES ON THEM!!
Why am I yelling so much?
I’m in an effing good mood. I feel like I just drank 3 Red Bulls. Chugged 3 Red Bulls. My fingers can’t type as fast as my mind is going. This is exactly why I don’t feel the need to do drugs. It’s like I’m on them all the time.
So fall is in the air here in CO. It went from 85 degrees one day to 50 degrees the next. I guessed both of those numbers, but I’m pretty sure I’m right. Because I always am. I’m an only child remember? Anywho, the weather is dull and chilly. The pumpkin spice lattes are out at Starbucks. And CO drivers are freaking the sh*t out. It rained a bit yesterday. Not even a lot, just a bit. And people still seemed to crap themselves while on the road. It’s common sense people. The roads are wet, therefore slick, therefore your car doesn’t stop as quickly as usual. The seasons change every year here in CO. Get with the program.
Speaking of rain, my little red car is the shiniest it’s been in probably 4 months. Digging it. It’s like I have a brand new car, though she doesn’t act like it. My little red machine doesn’t exactly like temperature change. Since it’s cooling down, that means rolling down my windows is out of the question. Because they won’t roll back up. Then I’m stuck driving in a blizzard, stay hydrated at least. Try taking a date out in that car. They don’t love it. Trust me.
OMG guess what? I snatched for the first time in 5 weeks today. AND did burpees. AND it didn’t hurt. Injuries suck balls. And make JB unhappy. I may be in the best mood since I ate this pumpkin granola. Which was this morning. I don’t get in bad moods very often. goodstorykbye!
Pumpkin Granola
- Yield: 4-6 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
- 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
- 8–10 dried dates, pits removed, then chopped
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, add your pumpkin puree, coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and all spices. Mix well.
- Then add your nuts, seeds, and dates and mix well with your wet ingredients.
- Place parchment paper on a large baking sheet and pour your granola mixture on top. Use a spoon to spread out the mixture evenly so everything will cook at the same time.
- Place in oven and cook for 30-40 minutes, moving the granola around half way through to be sure it doesn’t burn.
- LET COOL. Letting the granola cool will help it harden up, and that’s what you want from granola. Duh.
- Eat all by itself or top it off with coconut milk, almond milk, or even dairy milk (if you do that).
- Enjoy the paleo life. It’s beautiful.
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I made this tonight and WOW! It is delicious right out of the oven and soooo easy to make! I am not a huge nutmeg fan so I only used a 1/2 tablespoon and also omitted the salt. Can’t wait to eat the rest of it! Thanks Julie for another awesome recipe. This might be better than the banana bread french toast. Of course, that’s in my fridge at the moment too. 🙂
I also used prunes instead of dates which worked out fine.
Oh wow, this is incredible. I only used four (medjool) dates, chopped up coconut flakes as I didn’t have any shredded, and added about a 1/3 cup of chopped macadamias as well. Used a bit less maple syrup, as sugar is not my friend. (about 1/4 cup, I might use even less next time.)
Also I mix my own pumpkin pie spice so threw that in rather than measuring out the individual spices, much easier!
It was slightly overcooked but tastes amazing, can’t wait for my husband and toddler to try it! (If there’s any left after tonight…)
Changing my diet at my age has been challenging. I absolutely love this recipe. The only thing I changed was I decreased the amount of nutmeg to 1 teaspoon. Awesome recipe-thank you:)
Seriously, not only did this make my house smell amazing ~ but it is the BEST THING EVER! I will be making this all the time! Thanks for the recipe! ;oD
I just pulled it out of the oven after 40 minutes and it is a sloppy gloppy mess. Is cooling it really going to do anything???? It looks like it might need to cook for another hour, but I don’t want to burn it…
yes it should harden up!!
This has quickly become my fav. new cereal. I am addicted to cereal in the morning and have been having a hard time drop kicking it out of my diet. Ezechiel is the last strong hold on me after a year of paleo. UNTIL NOW, thank you very much for this recipe. It is so good and absolutely kills all craving for cereal in the morning or those lazy nights I dont feel like cooking after a hard WOD
I have this in the oven right now. I followed the recipe exactly except I subbed honey for maple syrup. I’m surprised by how wet this is! I’ve made granola before but never put anything this ‘batter like’ in the oven for granola. Will let you know how it turns out. So far smells great and tastes yummy raw.
Well, it’s done and totally granola-like! Baked for 40 min. Stirred after 20 min and 15 min. Crisped up as it cooled. Nice!
HOLY HELL. SHIZ IS AMAZEEEEE!!!!!
I’m super new to “paleo” as in like less than a week as in I’ve been using every inch of time i have to scoundrel the inter-webs looking for kick ass bloggers like yo self for some recipes!!
This was SO GOOD!!!! Just had my first bowl with almond milk and a diced apple.
I measured out 1 cup as a serving. This may be a bit much? A cup of eating essentially nuts seems a lot for me bearing in mind my sitch. I’ve been refined sugar/flour free for 10 months and dabbling in this biz and with all these killer blogs and recipes I think I’ll kick my feet up and stay a while.
Keep it up woman!!
Juli….you complete my life. Just made this delicious recipe….will have to make more by the middle of the week…its not gonna last very long! Awesome recipe for this time of year and love the idea of having it as a cereal substitute! Youre amazing! xox