Best Homemade Easy Pumpkin Granola for Fall
Pumpkin granola is a wholesome homemade granola recipe you’ll love making all fall long. Full of sweet warming spices and real pumpkin, this easy cereal makes a delicious breakfast or snack.
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As soon as the page on the calendar flips to September, I am ready and raring to go for all things pumpkin.
I am one of *those* girls and I am not even remotely ashamed.
What better way than to start a crisp autumn day with a bowl of homemade pumpkin granola while you sip your pumpkin spice chai tea?
Fall heaven I tell you! I’m definitely over here swooning at the very thought.
Not only is it a yummy make ahead breakfast, but it is also a perfect grab and go snack that my kids love.
And it comes together in no time at all.
A 5 minute prep and boom it’s doing it’s thing in the oven, making your house smell of cinnamon and pumpkin and everything else that’s nice about fall.
Ingredients
To make this chewy homemade granola recipe you’ll need:
- Pumpkin puree– Make sure you aren’t using pumpkin pie filling
- Maple syrup
- Coconut oil
- Milk
- Spices– cinnamon, ginger and salt
- Brown sugar
- Rolled oats
- Other add ins– I use walnuts or pecans but roasted these sweet and spicy pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries or even chocolate chips would be yummy.
How to Make
Make the pumpkin coating.
In a small pot over low heat, melt the coconut oil and whisk in the pumpkin puree and maple syrup. Season the mixture with half of the cinnamon. Once everything is combined, remove the pot from heat and whisk in the milk.
Combine the dry ingredients.
In a large bowl, toss together the rolled oats, nuts, brown sugar, salt and remaining spices until everything is well combined.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and toss them together until clumps form. Then spread the oat mixture over a cookie sheet covered with aluminum foil and sprayed with nonstick spray.
Bake.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20-24 minutes or until the granola is lightly brown at the edges, stirring and flipping halfway through. Then let cool and break into pieces.
Why is my granola not crispy?
What’s your oven temperature? If you bake it at too high of a temperature it will burn before the ingredients have a chance to properly crisp.
How do you prevent granola from getting soggy?
Let it cool fully first at room temperature before you break it up for storage. If you add it to a container while it is still warm, it will create condensation on the container and then absorb the condensation making for sad, soggy granola.
Why do I need to add oil? Won’t the pumpkin be enough to hold it together?
You’ve got to add oil otherwise your oat base will crumble apart. You don’t have to use coconut oil, though. I recommend it because I like the mildly sweet hint of coconut in the background of this, but you could sub it for olive oil.
Can I substitute instant oats or quick oats for rolled oats?
You can but you’ll need to reduce the cook time and the finished granola won’t have quite as much texture or crunch.
How can I make my granola crunchy again?
Did your granola sit for too long before you finished it? No problem. Just spread it out on a foil lined cookie tray and bake it at 350 for about 3-5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Storing
This granola will keep in an airtight container on the counter top for up to a week. This is the glass jar shown btws.
Serving Suggestions
This pumpkin granola makes a delicious breakfast with milk or sprinkled over yogurt. I also like to stash some in sealable baggies and put them in my purse for when I am out and about for a quick snack.
Tips and Tricks
- Let the granola cool fully before you store it. This will help it stay crisp.
- Wanting to make this recipe vegan? Substitute your favorite plant based milk instead.
- You could also add a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice to the seasoning.
- Add extra crunch and mix in Honey Roasted Pumpkin Seeds or Easy Sweet and Spicy Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Other Pumpkin Breakfasts and Snacks You Might Love
You know since I am pretty much queen of all things basic fall, I got ya covered with so many other sweet pumpkin goodies. These would be fantastic for a sweet pumpkin breakfast or snack:
- Oatmeal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Pumpkin French Toast Casserole
- Cinnamon Swirl Pumpkin Bread with Streusel Topping
Other Homemade Granola and Granola Bar Recipes
Look if pumpkin spice isn’t your jam, that’s cool too. I have a few other granola and granola bar recipes you might love:
Ingredients
- 1 cup of pumpkin puree
- 3 tbs maple syrup
- 4 tbs of coconut oil
- 2 tbs of milk
- 1 tbs cinnamon
- 1 tsp of ginger
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup of brown sugar
- 4 cups of rolled oats *
- 1 cup of chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small pot over low heat, melt the coconut oil and whisk in the pumpkin puree and maple syrup. Season with half of the cinnamon. Remove from heat and whisk in the milk.
- In a large bowl, toss together the oats, nuts, brown sugar, salt, and remaining spices.
- Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and toss together until clumps form.
- Spread over a cookie sheet covered with aluminum foil and sprayed with nonstick spray.
- Bake in the oven for 20-24 minutes or until the granola is lightly brown at the edges.
- Let cool and break into pieces.
- Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
Notes
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This looks so delicious!! According to the internet, I am basic haha!
Well hello my basic friend <3 See you at Target. I'll be the other girl in yoga pants 🙂
Mmmmm…I see pumpkin granola yogurt parfaits in our future! This sounds heavenly, definitely not basic!
I eat granola for breakfast everyday, and LOVE pumpkin, so definitely trying this!
Yes!!!! Pumpkin season is on! This looks so amazing with a tad of greek yogurt! Yummy!
Yum! So excited for fall recipes – bring on all the pumpkin things!
I love anything pumpkin flavored and granola is one of my go-tos for a snack. I can’t wait to put them together and try this!
Til the season! More yummy fall recipe to try and I LOVE t his can be breakfast!
This sounds SO good!! And so fitting for fall. Must try!
Pumpkin granola sounds delicious, would love to try it!
This sounds incredible. Pinned it so I can make it when it finally starts cooling off in SoCal and I start feeling like fall is actually here 😉
Omg will definitely be trying this recipe out. In a need to make some granola soon. Thanks!
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This sounds delicious! I’ll have to try this recipe.
Thank you!
This looks too good to be true. I need a treat to share with some friends on Tuesday and this totally fits the bill!
IT IS SO GOOD! Seriously one of my favorite fall breakfasts!
I love granola…Nice one. Well done.