Pumpkin Spice Granola

• 4 old fashioned oats
• 1 raw pumpkinseeds (pepitas)
• 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup neutral vegetable oil (I used safflower)
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (make your own by combining a T of cinnamon, a tsp of ground ginger, a grating of fresh nutmeg, and a dash of allspice)
• 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 tablespoon mild molasses
• 1 vanilla
• 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 cups chopped pitted dates
• 1 teaspoon pumpkinseed oil, for drizzling (optional)

1. In large bowl, combine oats, pumpkinseeds, and coconut.
2. In small bowl, whisk together oil, maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice, salt, vanilla, molasses, and pumpkin puree.
3. Add syrup mixture to oats, and combine well. Spread evenly on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
4. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place on rack in center of oven, and bake until lightly golden brown, about 25-30 minutes. Stir every 10 minutes.
5. Remove from oven and stir in chopped dates. Let cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to a week. Enjoy plain, as a yogurt topping, or with milk as cereal. Drizzle with a ribbon of pumpkinseed oil to amp up the toasty, nutty flavor.

oats, pumpkinseeds, coconut, vegetable oil, maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice, salt, molasses, vanilla, pumpkin puree, dates, pumpkinseed oil

Taken from food52.com/recipes/15240-pumpkin-spice-granola (may not work)