Granola Recipe

Tub of granola

Ingredients

8 ounces of oats
2 cups of nuts chopped or crushed
¾ cup of dried cherries chopped
1 cup of dried cranberries
1 cup of dried apricots
½ cup of brown sugar
¼ cup of honey
¼ cup of maple syrup
1 stick or ½ cup of butter
½ teaspoon of cinnamon
3 tablespoons of orange juice
The zest of 1 orange
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Granola ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°f.
  2. Grind ⅓ of the oats into a powder.
  3. Chop or crush the nuts and chop up the dried fruit.
  4. In a bowl mix both types of oats, dried fruit, nuts, orange zest and cinnamon.
    5. Nuts, Oats, Fruit, Orange Zest, and Cinnamon
  5. In a sauce pan melt the butter, sugar, honey, maple syrup, and orange juice.
    6. Butter, Sugar, Honey, Maple Syrup, Orange Juice in pan
  6. Bring the mixture to a bubble and add in the vanilla extract.
  7. Pour the mixture over the fruit and nut mix in the bowl and mix together.
    8. Wet and Dry mixes together Wet and Dry mixes, mixed
  8. Spread the mixture out on a baking sheet and press down firmly.
    9. Granola spread out on pan
  9. Bake for 25-30 minutes and let cool.
    10. Baked granola
  10. Break into chuncks and if needed/wanted bake agian for 15-20 minutes.
Granola Texture
Soft and Chewy 25-30 min
Crunchy 25-30 min let cool then 15-20 min

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