Home made organic maple granola with fresh fruit
By: Tom and Anita Morgan
Published: Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 12:58pm

Ingredients




3 cups rolled oats
1 cup slivered almonds
1 cup cashew pieces
1 cup raisins or other dried fruit – ie; chopped figs, chopped prunes or chopped dates
1 cup dried cranberries or other dried fruit - ie; chopped figs, chopped prunes or chopped dates
¼ cup + 2 T dark brown sugar
¼ cup + 2 T maple syrup
¼ cup vegetable oil; peanut oil preferred
¾ t salt

Preparation

1 1. Preheat oven to 250* F. 2 2. In a large bowl, combine the oats, nuts, salt and brown sugar. Add in the maple syrup and oil and mix thoroughly. 3 3. Spread mixture thinly and evenly onto two cooking tins with sides about ½ inch high. 4 4. Cook for 45 to 60 minutes stirring carefully every 15 minutes and inter-changing where the cooking tins are placed every time you stir. This will give you more even browning. 5 Note: The granola is done when it has a nice tan color, not dark, and can be chewed easily. 6 5. Remove trays from oven. Let granola cool; then mix in dried fruit and place in sealed plastic bags. It will keep for two weeks, unrefrigerated.

About

Our Organic Yogurt, Home-Made Granola and Fruit Breakfast...Our weekday breakfast is a healthy combination of organic goat yogurt sprinkled with our home-made organic Maple Flavored Dried Fruit Granola. We change the fruit according to the season but the granola and yogurt remain the same. See the granola recipe on our blog @
http://tomandanitamorgan.blogspot.com/2013/01/maple-flavored-dried-fruit-granola.html﻿