2 cups shelled unsalted nuts (pecan, walnut, hazelnut, or cashew)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup brown sugar or maple sugar
1/2 cup honey or maple syrup or agave nectar
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring
1 1/2 cups dried fruit (raisins, cranberries, cherries, or a mix)
Instructions
Mix rolled oats and nuts in a large bowl. Mix up the
rest of the ingredients except the dried fruit and
warm it up in microwave or stovetop to combine
flavors and dissolve sugar.
Mix oats, nuts, and warmed liquid ingredients together and spread
evenly on large rimmed baking sheet. Bake at 275 for 45 minutes or so,
stirring every 15 minutes. Add dried fruit, mix in, annd return to oven for 5 more minutes,
then turn off oven, crack door open, and let cool.
Store in an airtight container.
sweeter and clumpy drizzles some more honey or
maple syrup over now and it will make clumps)and
bake another 10 minutes. Let it cool completely.
Keep in a sealed container or zip lock bag to keep
fresh.
Easy to double the batches...just use ingredients
in proportions above. Feel free to add wheat
germ, flax seed, cocoa nibs, whatever rocks your boat.
Multigrain rolled oats are a nice addition. DO
NOT USE STEEL CUT OATS....they are too hard and
sink to the bottom.
Variations- add 1 cup unsweetend coconut chips and
substitute ginger for the cinnamon...good with
cashews. Or stir in 1 cup nestles chocolate mini morsels to toasted granola before
cooling. Good combos are walnuts/almonds, dried cherries, and chocolate. Or
pecans and cranberries. I get most of my nuts and
fruit at Trader Joe's.
Serving
Suggestions
On top of greek yogurt with fresh fruit and a drizzle of honey.
Originally Submitted
8/10/2013
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