Friday, September 12, 2008

Crunchy Granola

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8 cups old-fashioned oats
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup all-bran cereal
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 cups flaked coconut, non sweetened
3/4 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup slivered almonds

3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/4 cups water
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups raisins

In a large bowl, combine oats, flour, wheat germ, cereal, brown sugar, coconut, pecans and almonds. In another bowl, mix oil, water, honey, vanilla and salt. Pour over oat mixture; toss to coat. Pour into two greased 15" x 10" x 1" baking pans. Bake at 275°F for 1 hour and 15-30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes until golden. Add raisins. Store cooled granola in an airtight container.

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1 comment:

Alison said...

Thanks for posting this Amy. I can't wait to try it. Our favorite way to eat granola is on top of yogurt. Yum!