Granola

We can't keep this stuff in the house long enough! So delicious.  I love mine with yogurt.  Cole has his with almond milk.  Great base for your own creation.

makes 7 cups

Ingredients:

4 cups old fashioned oats
1 1/2 cups chopped or slivered almonds
1/4 cup brown sugar (I'm sure coconut sugar would work really well here)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups craisins
1 cup shredded coconut

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300

In a bowl, mix the oats, almonds, brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon.  In a saucepan on the stove, or in a bowl in the microwave, warm the oil and honey then add the vanilla.

Carefully pour the liquid over the oat mixture.  Stir gently with a wooden spoon.  Spread granola on a big baking sheet

Bake 40 minutes, stirring carefully every 10 minutes.  Let cool then stir in craisins and coconut.  Store in airtight container or ziplock bag.  Store at room temp for 1 week (if it lasts that long...)

Note: if you use coconut, be careful not to add it till the end or at the very least, 5-10 minutes before the end.  It will burn and give your granola a slightly bitter taste if it toasts longer than a few minutes...however, in our house it still disappeared just as fast. 

this batch didn't have coconut in it- I have since started adding
it in and it is delicious