Maple Granola

Ingredients

  • 1 cup walnuts, broken into 1/4-1/2-inch pieces

  • 3 cups rolled oats

  • 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

  • 1/2 cup almonds (or any nuts you like)

  • 1/4 cup sesame seeds

  • 1/4 cup sunflower seeds

  • 1/2 cup Vermont Sticky Maple Syrup

  • 1/3 cup coconut oil

  • 1 cup raisins/cherries/blueberries (any dried fruit)

  1. Adjust oven rack to center position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Mix first 6 ingredients together in large bowl.

  2. Heat maple syrup and oil in small saucepan, whisking occasionally until warm. Pour mixture over dry ingredients; stir with spatula until mixture is thoroughly coated. Turn mixture onto an 11-by-7-inch jelly roll pan, spreading mixture in an even layer.

  3. Bake, stirring and respreading mixture into an even layer every 5 minutes, until granola is light golden brown, about 15 - 20 minutes. Immediately turn granola onto another jelly roll pan or large bowl to stop cooking process. Stir in raisins (or whatever dried fruit you like); set on a wire rack and cool to room temperature. Loosen dried granola with a spatula; store in airtight container.

Breakfast, Trail Snacks, Après SnacksKrista Powers