Maple and Brown Sugar Granola
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Serves: many!
 
Ingredients
  • 3 cups old fashioned oats
  • ¾ cup chopped natural almonds
  • ¾ cup chopped walnuts
  • 1½ cups shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened-- it's up to you)
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ cup natural maple syrup
  • ½ cup oil (sunflower, coconut, or vegetable)
  • 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
  • 1 egg white, beaten well
  • 1 cup dried cranberries, raisins, or other fruit **optional; see note**
  • ½ cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips **optional; see note**
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 300.
  2. in a large mixing bowl combine the oats, almonds, walnuts, coconut, cinnamon, and salt.
  3. In a small saucepan, heat the maple syrup, oil, and brown sugar just until it simmers and the sugar dissolves.
  4. Pour the liquid over the oat mixture and stir to evenly coat.
  5. Add the egg white. Stir again.
  6. Spread the granola evenly across a sided baking sheet; I pat mine with a wooden spoon to make a solid layer.
  7. Bake for 30 minutes. Stir the granola around, turn the ban and bake for another 30 minutes.
  8. Remove the pan from the oven and let it cool completely.
  9. When you go to remove the granola from the pan make sure you have a work space cleared. Use a wooden spoon or a fork to sort of scrape it; it shouldn't stick to the pan but it will come off in those clustery granola clumps.
  10. Stir in the chocolate chips, dried fruit, etc.
  11. Store in an air tight container.
Notes
Add whatever you like! Pictured here are chocolate chips and dried cranberries because that's what I had on hand at the moment but you can add anything you want!! Dried apricots, pineapple, apples, banana chips, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, M & M's-- the possibilities are endless!!
Recipe by Sugar Dish Me at https://www.sugardishme.com/maple-and-brown-sugar-granola/