Easy Crunchy Granola
By: Confident Cook
Published: Monday, August 2, 2010 - 3:47pm

Ingredients




4 cups rolled oats (not instant)
1 cup puffed rice cereal
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup chopped cashews
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 cup dried fruit (dried apricots, apples or cranberries)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup honey
of salt

Preparation

1 Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees. 2 Pour the uncooked oats, dry cereal and sugar into a large bowl. 3 Add the cinnamon, nuts and salt, mix well. 4 Pour oil into the measuring cup. Spread it around the cereal mix. 5 Pour honey into the same cup and the oil left in the cup will help get the honey out of the cup. 6 Add the vanilla to the bowl and toss everything together until evenly coated. 7 You may need to break up any clumps of honey with your fingers. 8 Pour everything out into a large cookie sheet with a lip. You may need to do this in more than one batch. 9 Bake at 300 degrees for 20 minutes, turning it with a spatula. 10 Continue baking for another 15 minutes until it turns a golden brown. 11 When it is finished cooking, allow to cool slightly. 12 Add the fruit and stir to combine. 13 Store in an air tight container.