This granola is so easy to make. Just old fashioned oats, all-natural peanut butter, and honey. It's great as a cereal, for a snack on a hike, or for any time you want a snack that is healthy and delicious. Plus - it's easy to change it up for your tastes. Don't like Peanut Butter? Use a different kind of nut or seed butter. Want a little chocolate kick, add chocolate chips when you take it out of the oven to cool (don't stir until cooled or you will have chocolate streaks instead of chocolate chips - lol).

Ingredients
5 cups old-fashioned oats - not quick cooking oats
3/4 cup honey
3/4 cup peanut butter chunky or smooth - all natural
1 tbsp vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325° F.
2. Place oats in a large bowl. In a liquid measuring cup add the peanut butter and heat it in the microwave for 45 second until the peanut butter starts to melt. Once melted, add honey. Whisk peanut butter and honey to blend. This is where you add the vanilla if you want, and whisk to incorporate.
3. Pour the peanut butter mixture over the oats and stir until well combined. Spread granola in an even layer on a rimmed, and lined with parchment paper, baking sheet.
4. Bake for 45-60 minutes, stirring at the 30 minute mark. Leave a thicker piece of granola out on a cool surface while you put the rest back in the oven for the remainder of the time. After 5 minutes, test the piece you left out for "crunchiness". If it's still damp continue to the 60 minute baking time. If it's crunchy now, take out and let cool on baking sheet. Granola will get crispier as it cools
5. Let cool completely on baking sheet. Store granola in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
   

Optional Add In's to Your Granola

• coconut - add towards the end of baking.
  
• chocolate chips - add when you take the granola out of the oven to cool (don't stir until cooled or you will have chocolate streaks instead of chocolate chips - lol)
  
• Freeze Dried Fruit (to make it Peanut Butter and Jelly-like) - add when you take the granola out of the oven to cool.
  
• What would you add?
  

INGREDIENTS
1 tube crescent rolls
6 oz. softened cream cheese
1/2 cup 100% pure pumpkin (not pie filling)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
pinch of ground cloves
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons unbleached flour

FOR THE GLAZE
2 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoon milk

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, pumpkin, sugar, spices, flour and vanilla. Set aside.
3. Pop open crescent roll dough and unroll on an ungreased baking sheet, lined with parchment paper, leaving crescents in rectangles. Press edges together to even out edges and seal any holes.
4. Cut 3/4 inch diagonal strips up each side of the dough.
5. Carefully spread cream cheese filling down the center of the dough to be about 2-3 inches wide. Fold the dough pieces up over filling alternating sides to get a braided pattern. You may have excess dough once you reach the end of the danish, so fold them in as best as you can.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until filling is set and crescent dough is golden in color. Cool before removing from baking sheet.
7. Once danish has cooled, remove to serving platter.
8. In a small bowl, mix together powdered sugar, cream cheese, and milk to create icing. You may need to add more cream to get the desired consistency.
9. Drizzle icing over danish. Cut into pieces and serve.

Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Yield: 12 cinnamon rolls

DOUGH INGREDIENTS
1 cup warm milk - not hot
1/4 cup butter (or olive oil)
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp ground clove
1/2 tsp. salt
1 envelope instant or ‘rapid rise’ yeast (approx. 2 1/4 tsp)
1 egg

PUMPKIN FILLING INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp ground clove
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
4 Tbsp. butter, (completely) softened

ICING INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1-2 Tbsp. milk (if needed)

DOUGH DIRECTIONS
Combine milk and butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat on high for 1 minute, then remove and stir. Continue heating in 20 second intervals, pausing after each to stir, until the butter is melted and the milk is warm to the touch but not hot. If needed, let the milk mixture sit for a few minutes until it is warm but not hot.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, mix together 3 cups of the flour, sugar, spices, yeast and salt until combined.

Slowly add milk, melted butter, and egg to the flour mixture. Mix on medium-low speed until dough forms a ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. If the dough is sticking to the sides of the bowl, add the remaining flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Continue beating for 5 minutes on medium-low speed. Remove the dough hook and cover the bowl with a damp towel and let rest for 10 minutes.

FILLING DIRECTIONS
Meanwhile, make your pumpkin filling. In a small sauce pan combine pumpkin and spices for the filling. Stir on medium heat for about 5 minutes. This will help concentrate the pumpkins flavors and evaporate the excess moisture in the pumpkin puree. Remove from heat and place mixture in a small bowl to help it cool down a bit before spreading on dough.

BACK TO DOUGH DIRECTIONS
Once the dough is rested, turn it out onto a floured work surface. Roll the dough out into a large rectangle, about 14 x 9 inches in size. (If you want all edges to be even, you can use a pizza slicer to cut the dough into a perfect rectangle.) Using a knife or pastry spatula, spread the softened butter out evenly over the entire surface of the dough. On top of that, spread the pumpkin mixture and then sprinkle evenly with the cinnamon and sugars.

Beginning at the long edge, tightly roll up the dough. And then give the final seam a little pinch so that it seals. Cut the dough into 12 equal pieces. I use a 12 slot muffin tin, but these will fit nicely in a pie pan as well. Place each of the cut cinnamon rolls into a greased muffin tin or a greased pie plate. Cover again with a damp towel, and leave the dish in a warm place to rise for 25 minutes.

While the dough is rising, make the icing.

When the rolls have risen, uncover the dish, place on the center rack of the oven and bake at 350 degrees F for 15-20 minutes, or until the rolls are golden and cooked through. Remove and let cool on a wire rack for at least 5 minutes. Slater with your icing and serve.

ICING DIRECTIONS
Whisk together butter, vanilla and powdered sugar until combined. If the icing is too thick, add a tablespoon or two of milk to thin. If the icing is too thin, add a tablespoon or two of powdered sugar to thicken.