Welp, I’ve done it. I’ve created the most addictive granola, ever. I thought I had done so with the Pine Nut and Black Pepper Granola, but I was sorely mistaken. But, really? Did you expect anything less from something with “pumpkin” in the name, from me? As you may have guessed from my ravings about the Pumpkin-Chai Latte I posted on Facebook, this year, chai has joined the ranks of pumpkin in my Fall obsessions category, and, especially the two combined! The warm spices of chai tea are reminiscent of the typical pumpkin pie spices, but… spicier?
There are so many things that I love about this granola: the crunchy clusters (one wouldn’t think that 1/2 a cup of pure pumpkin could yield such a crunchy granola, but, alas! This is by far the crunchiest and most cluster-y granola I have ever made), the maple undertones, the pairing of pecans and pumpkin, the chai tea flavoring… basically, there is not a single thing that I don’t like (okay, maybe I’m not thrilled about how quickly it finds its way into my mouth).
This granola is great with milk, or as a topper to yogurt and ice cream. I’m also thinking of baking it into some cookies or a quick bread (if someone tries this, please let me know the outcome!). Basically, you just need this granola around this Fall season!
recipe generously adapted from here