GINGERBREAD GRANOLA - What Sarah Bakes

Ingredients

• 2 pears, peeled and sliced
• 80g dates, chopped
• 380g (3 cups) wholegrain oats
• 110g (1 cup) rolled oats
• 110g (1/2 cup) sunflower seeds
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (optional)
• 100g (1 cup) nuts, chopped (I used brazil nuts and hazelnuts)
• 60g (1/3 cup) flavourless oil (I used sunflower oil)
• 80g (1/3 cup) liquid honey
• 1 heaped tablespoon of blackstrap molasses *
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract