Nutty Granola

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1/2 cup wheat bran or 1/2 cup oat bran
• 1/2 cup wheat germ
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds (use all raw nuts, seeds and wheat germ)
• 1 cup raisins (i use a mix of thompsons' and golden)
• 1/2 cup pitted dates, chopped
• 1 -1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup maple syrup

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 225°f.
• 2 mix first six ingredients together and spread evenly on a couple of cookie sheets.
• 3 bake for 15 minutes, then remove and stir. bake another 15 minutes. while it bakes, assemble the other ingredients. (coat the 1/4 cup measure with oil before using it for maple syrup).
• 4 immediately transfer oat mixture to a large bowl and stir in the dried fruit and cinnamon. slowly, pour in the maple syrup and stir to mix well.
• 5 let it cool and store in an airtight container where, my guess is, it'll keep up to a month. like it'll last that long :-).