Holiday Breakfast: Gingerbread Granola

Along with that I have been making up a little goodie basket for Shawn's family. Once again I was an overachiever and a little ambitious in all I wanted to make. I couldn't decide so I made small batches of a bunch of different things. I made homemade caramel puff corn, peanut butter fudge, peppermint fudge brownies, peanut pretzel bark, dark chocolate buckeyes, gingerbread trees, snowflake cut-outs, and iced pumpkin cookies. Yes, I am indeed crazy. But its cute because they all get their little bag with a small ornament, tag and ribbon :)

So this post...I actually did come up with a gingerbread granola! After making this I decided that a gingerbread oatmeal would be good too...but another day. Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

Gingerbread Granola
Dame Good

Ingredients:

2 cups instant oats
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/4 cup flax seeds
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup pureed pumpkin
1/3 cup molasses
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons ginger
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F. In a medium bowl combine oats, flax seeds, wheat germ, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and salt. In another bowl combine all of the rest of the ingredients (wet). Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and mix well.

Spread combined mixture on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 15 minutes. Stir granola and break up large chunks. Bake again for 10 minutes or until golden and crunchy.
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