Gingerbread Granola - Food Revolution Network

Ingredients

• 3 cups organic rolled oats
• ⅓ cup pecans (raw, chopped) +⅙ cup as needed
• 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• ¾ tsp ground allspice
• ⅛ tsp ground cloves
• ¼ tsp salt (optional)
• 3 tbsp cashew butter or almond butter
• 2 tbsp maple syrup (or date paste, see Chef’s Notes) +2 Tbsp as needed
• ½ tbsp blackstrap molasses
• ¼ cup coconut nectar (or date syrup)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ cup cranberries (optional, dried, unsulfured or other dried fruit)