A festive granola filled with holiday flavors
I’m back today with a festive granola recipe after an unintended hiatus from blogging (but definitely not baking.) At first I was just going to take a couple days off surrounding Thanksgiving, but then I lost motivation to create new recipes.
I’m excited to get back in the groove of things sharing great recipes for the holidays.
First up is this granola recipe. It is filled with all my favorite holiday flavors – pumpkin, pecans, cranberries – and many more.
This would make a great light holiday breakfast, filling, but not too heavy.
Granola
Author: Megan - The Emotional Baker
Ingredients
- 1 cup pumpkin
- ¼ cup apple juice
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup canola oil
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3½ cups oats
- ½ cup cranberries
- ½ cup raisins
- ½ cup pecans
- ½ cup almonds
- ½ cup coconut flakes
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Combine pumpkin, apple juice, maple syrup, canola oil, peanut butter, almond extract and cinnamon in large bowl. Once combined, fold in oats.
- Spread on baking sheet in an even layer. Bake for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, stir in cranberries, raisins, pecans, almonds and coconut flakes. Bake an additional 30 minutes.
- Allow granola to completely cool. Stir in chocolate chips.
I was craving granola today and this one sounds perfect. I love all the flavors. It is definitely a must try for the season!
Thank you, Ashley! Let me know if you give it a try. It’s delicious 🙂
This granola looks delicious! I’m glad you are back, I missed your posts 🙂
You are so sweet, Laura! I’m looking forward to seeing what all you’ve been baking.
yay!! I love granolas. great way to spice up my cereals and yogurts. This looks delicious and perfect for the holidays. I will try. PS: Missed you!
It’s definitely great to have granola around for breakfast and snacks. Let me know how it turns out. I’m going to go check your blog now to see what delicious treats I’ve missed 🙂
I definitely need to rethink my breakfast. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂 ela
Granola makes a great breakfast. It’s great to have it on hand throughout the week.
This granola looks delicious!! I would make this all year round! I’m glad you’re back – it is hard to keep up with blogging though sometimes, isn’t it?! Can’t wait to see more of your holiday recipes!
Thank you, Cate! It would be great year round and of course you can change up the types of nuts/fruit you use.
Thanks for bringing this tasty snack to our Marvelous Monday party! Pinning to my MM board.
Thank you, Deb!
Oh I love a good granola too!
Thanks for visiting, Steph!