Suzee’s Crunchy Granola
Ingredients
First 5, liquid Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 1 cup honey
- 1 cup coconut oil
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Next 7 dry Ingredients
- 1 cup flaxseed meal optional
- 6 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup sesame seeds
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 cup almonds broken or sliced
- 1 cup walnuts broken
- 1 cup flaked coconut, unsweetened
Dried Fruit, not baked
- ½ cup prunes chopped
- ½ cup dried apricots chopped
- 1 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Two ungreased, rimmed cookie sheets
For liquid ingredients
- In a medium saucepan, mix and heat first five ingredients until the honey and coconut oil are dissolved.
For dry ingredients
- In a large bowl mix the next seven ingredients. Add the warm honey mixture to the dry and mix well.
- Spread a single layer on a large cookie sheet, working in batches, bake until all granola is golden brown, turning throughout the baking process.
- Let granola cool on the cookie sheet, then remove to a large clean bowl and add dried fruit. Repeat until all granola is baked and completely cool.
- Store in an airtight container for up to a month, or in the freezer for later use.
- Serving suggestions; milk, milk substitute, yogurt, apple juice, or just enjoy dry.
Notes
I have lived on this granola in the backcountry for extended times and found it very sustainable. I carried dry milk powder, or at times used bottled apple juice to serve it. Now there are milk substitutes available for the lactose intolerant.
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