Homemade Granola
 
 
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Ingredients
  • 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 cup sliced almonds
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts
  • ½ cup chopped pecans
  • ¼ cup canola oil or vegetable oil (i usually use just a touch less than a ¼ cup)
  • ¼ cup agave nectar (or any good honey)
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon (optional)
  • ¼ tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Method
  1. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees.
  2. Toss the oats, coconut, almonds, walnuts, pecans and cinnamon together in a large bowl.  In a small bowl whisk together the oil, honey and vanilla extract (if you choose to include it).  Pour the liquid mixture over the oat and nut mixture and mix well.  You do not want the mixture to be soaked.  You just want it coated and slightly moist.  Most of the time I don't even use all this oil/honey mixture if it starts looking too wet and clumpy.  Use your judgement.
  3. Pour into a large sheet pan (with a rim).
  4. Bake until everything turns a nice golden brown color, roughly 20-25 minutes, stirring once or twice during cooking.  You really must watch it, it goes from cooked just right to burnt VERY quickly.
  5. Allow to cool completely before storing.  I like to keep the granola in this 'plain' state, as opposed to adding in dried fruit.  Once you add the fruit the shelf life decreases dramatically.  However, it is a nice touch (change) to add some dried fruit to a small portion of the granola to eat immediately.  I like adding dried cranberries and/or dried chopped apricots.
Recipe by FEASTS AND FOTOS at https://www.feastsandfotos.com/2008/11/04/homemade-granola/