Granola

Hearty, wholesome + healthy!

Dry Ingredients

• 4 cups rolled oats (I use Bob’s Red Mill extra thick whole grain rolled oats)*

• 1 cup slivered almonds

• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds

• 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds

• 1/2 cup sesame seeds

• 1/4 cup ground flax seeds

• 1 Tbs ground ginger

• 1 Tbs ground cinnamon

• 1 Tbs ground cardamom

Wet Ingredients

• 1 apple, peeled, cored and cut into pieces

• Water

• 4 -6 Tbs maple syrup (depending on how sweet you like it)

• 3 Tbs olive oil or grape seed oil

• 2 tsp vanilla essence

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 320º (the exact temperature and time of baking will vary from oven to oven)

• Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl

• Blend the apple with about 2-3 Tbs water to make apple sauce and add other wet ingredients

• Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well

• Spread mixture on two large parchment-lined baking sheets as thinly as possible

• Bake for 30 min and turn off oven and leave the trays in the oven for a couple of hours until the granola is crunchy

Notes

• Makes 8 cups

• Keep in a sealed container

• Options: for a chocolaty flavor 3-4 Tbs cacao powder and 3 Tbs of cacao nibs especially for those of you who eat granola for dessert (leave out the cardamom if you do this)

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