Homemade Apple Pie Spice Granola

This Apple Pie Spice Granola is so tasty and now one of my families fall favorites. I wanted to spice up my cooking a bit after returning from our time with family and my husbands summer internship so I took to Pinterest and found a few recipes I liked and combined all the things and liked about them And what I had in my own pantry and made my my own! We have been eating this plain, with yogurt and as a topping on salads! It’s versatile and good! 

Ingredients 

1/2 cup sliced almonds

3 cups old fashioned oats

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sunflower seeds

1 1/2 heaping teaspoons apple pie spice

1/3 cup honey

3 tablespoons coconut oil

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine sliced almonds, oats, salt, brown sugar, sunflower seeds, and apple pie spice into the bowl with the almonds and stir to combine.

In a small microwaveable bowl, combine honey and coconut oil, and heat for 40 seconds. Stir to dissolve the coconut oil, and add the vanilla extract.

Pour the honey mixture over the oats, and stir so that they are evenly coated.

Pour the oats evenly onto a cookie sheet lined with foil.

Bake the oats for 5 minutes, and then stir them around. Return to the oven for 4-6 more minutes ( I did 4). Watch closely so it won’t burn.

Pour the granola and onto a piece of wax paper to cool. Spread it out into a thin layer, about 1/4 inch thick.

After it cools completely, break the granola into clusters and store in an airtight container.