Homemade Granola

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 8 cups old fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
• 1/2 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
• 2 cups sliced almonds
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 cup honey
• 1 cup unsalted butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup raisins or 1 cup dried cranberries

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 300 degrees. line 3 baking sheets with parchment.
• 2 in a very large bowl (or 2 large bowls), toss together dry ingredients. in a small bowl, whisk together liquid ingredients. combine dry ingredients and liquid ingredients and stir well.
• 3 spread mixture onto 2 baking sheets. bake until golden brown, 30 to 40 minutes. transfer to a wire rack to cool. cool only 10 to 20 minutes, until possible to touch with hands. if cool too long, it sticks to the paper and becomes hard.
• 4 while granola cools, toast coconut. increase oven temperature to 350 degrees. spread coconut on top of one baking sheet. bake 3 to 5 minutes until toasted light brown. transfer immediately to a large flat plate to cool.
• 5 when granola is cool enough to handle, place granola, coconut and dried fruit in a very large bowl, break-up and blend with your hands. finish cooling before storing in an airtight container.