Mel's Granola

It's been way too long. Here's a quick recipe that Mel made up last year and I kind of put together on my own after making it a few times. It's good, healthy, and you can make it with whatever you want. Definitely worth a try...

Mel's Granola

• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1/4-1/2 cup sweetened coconut
• 1/4 cup oat bran
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil (*or applesauce)
• 1/4 cup liquid honey or maple syrup
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• nuts (sliced almonds/chopped walnuts/hazelnuts...)
• 1/4 cup crisp rice cereal
• dried fruit (apricots, raisins, yogurt raisins...)
• chopped chocolate chips

-Heat oven to 350 F. Line baking sheet w/ tin foil or parchment paper.

-In a large bowl toss oats, coconut, oat bran, salt and cinnamon.

-In a medium bowl stir oil/applesauce, honey, brown sugar and vanilla.

-Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients (*use your hands to mix, making fists to clump the ingredients together)

-spread evenly on sheet and bake for 10 min.

-remove from oven and flip with spatula. Sprinkle with sliced almonds. Return to the oven and bake for an additional 5 min.

-Remove from oven, flip and sprinkle with walnuts, hazelnuts and return to oven.

-Bake an additional 5 min and remove.

-Sprinkle w/ dried fruit, crushed cereal and or chocolate chips. Flip and mix them into granola.

-Let cool completely and transfer to an airtight container.

-Anita