Summary

Home made organic maple granola with fresh fruit could be just the gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan recipe you've been looking for. This recipe serves 26 and costs $1.46 per serving. One serving contains 220 calories, 4g of protein, and 7g of fat. It is brought to you by Foodista. 2 people have tried and liked this recipe. Head to the store and pick up slivered almonds, cashew pieces, raisins, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a rather cheap breakfast. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 44%. This score is solid. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as My Organic Garden Courgette Fritters With Home Made Kumato Ketchup, Freaking Good Home Made Blackberry Ice Cream & Stehly Organic Farms Story, and Home-made granola.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 250* F.
2. In a large bowl, combine the oats, nuts, salt and brown sugar. Add in the maple syrup and oil and mix thoroughly.
3. Spread mixture thinly and evenly onto two cooking tins with sides about inch high.
4. Cook for 45 to 60 minutes stirring carefully every 15 minutes and inter-changing where the cooking tins are placed every time you stir. This will give you more even browning.
5. Note: The granola is done when it has a nice tan color, not dark, and can be chewed easily.
6. Remove trays from oven. Let granola cool; then mix in dried fruit and place in sealed plastic bags. It will keep for two weeks, unrefrigerated.
7. Serve with fresh fruit.

Ingredients

• 1 2 T dark brown sugar
• 2 cashew pieces
• 3 dried cranberries or other dried fruit - ie; chopped figs, chopped prunes or chopped dates
• 4 raisins or other dried fruit – ie; chopped figs, chopped prunes or chopped dates
• 5 fresh fruit
• 6 2 T maple syrup
• 7 vegetable oil; peanut oil preferred
• 8 rolled oats
• 9 salt
• 10 slivered almonds

Directions

• 1 Preheat oven to 250* F.In a large bowl, combine the oats, nuts, salt and brown sugar.
• 2 Add in the maple syrup and oil and mix thoroughly.
• 4 Remove trays from oven.
• 5 Let granola cool; then mix in dried fruit and place in sealed plastic bags. It will keep for two weeks, unrefrigerated.
• 6 Serve with fresh fruit.