What's Cooking Wednesday

Spiced Pumpkin Granola

Ingredients:

3 cups oats

3/4 cup pumpkin

1/2 cup raisins or dried cranberries

1/2 chopped nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts)

1/4 cup honey or maple syrup

2 tbsp ground flax seed

1 tbsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp ginger

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Spray a 9x13 baking dish or pan with non-stick cooking spray.

2.  In a large mixing bowl, combine oats, flax seed, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.  Stir and then add honey (or maple syrup) and pumpkin.  Stir to combine, should be clumpy.

3.  Add dried fruit and nuts, stir to combine.

4.  Pour into baking dish and spread evenly.

5.  Bake 30-40 minutes, stirring/turning every 10-15 minutes.  Let cool and store in an airtight container.