Granola

Name: Granola
Total time: 14400 s
Yield: 48 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: "dry ingredients"; 7 cups old fashioned oats; 1 cup wheat bran; 1 cup flax meal; "flavorings"; 1/4 cup canola, coconut or olive oil; 1/4 cup applesauce; 1/2 cup brown or raw sugar; 1/2 cup honey or agave; 1/2 cup water; 2 teaspoons turmeric; 1 tablespoon vanilla, maple or almond extract; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 teaspoon salt; "nuts, seeds & fruits"; 1 cup broken walnuts; 1 cup broken pecans; 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds; 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds; 1 cup chopped dates; 1 cup raisins or dried cranberries

JoAnn Morford @b00gie_cookpad

Granola

JoAnn Morford @b00gie_cookpad

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Ingredients

1-3/4 hours

48 servings

"dry ingredients"
7 cupsold fashioned oats
1 cupwheat bran
1 cupflax meal
"flavorings"
1/4 cupcanola, coconut or olive oil
1/4 cupapplesauce
1/2 cupbrown or raw sugar
1/2 cuphoney or agave
1/2 cupwater
2 teaspoonsturmeric
1 tablespoonvanilla, maple or almond extract
2 teaspoonscinnamon
1/2 teaspoonnutmeg
1 teaspoonsalt
"nuts, seeds & fruits"
1 cupbroken walnuts
1 cupbroken pecans
1/2 cupraw pumpkin seeds
1/2 cupraw sunflower seeds
1 cupchopped dates
1 cupraisins or dried cranberries

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Steps

1-3/4 hours

1

Preheat oven to 275° F or 135° C
2

Mix oats, bran & flax in a large roasting pan.
3

Whisk the "flavorings" together and then drizzle over the oat mixture. Stir until evenly moist.
4

Bake for 1-1/2 hours -- stirring every 15 minutes.
5

After the third stirring, add the "nuts, seeds & fruits".
6

Bake for an additional 15 minutes.
7

Allow to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
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NOTE: I have experimented with the balance and quantities of the fats and sugars. As I reduced the fat, the texture went from crunchy to chewy. I did not have success with less than 1/4 cup of fat. I have also sometimes replaced the more processed sugars with unsweetened frozen juice concentrate.
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Serving size - 1/4 cup