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Grandma’s Granola Recipe

Name: Grandma’s Granola Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6 cups
Ingredients: 3 C. rolled oats; 2/3 C. chopped walnuts; 2/3 C. chopped pecans; 2/3 C. raw pepitas; 2 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract; 1 tsp. Spice Islands® Ground Saigon Cinnamon; ½ C. Grandma’s® Molasses; ¼ C. brown sugar, packed; ¼ C. olive oil; ¾ tsp. salt; 1 C. dried cranberries

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Yield: 6 cups

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3 C. rolled oats
2/3 C. chopped walnuts
2/3 C. chopped pecans
2/3 C. raw pepitas
2 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
1 tsp. Spice Islands® Ground Saigon Cinnamon
½ C. Grandma’s® Molasses
¼ C. brown sugar, packed
¼ C. olive oil
¾ tsp. salt
1 C. dried cranberries

Directions

Preheat the oven to 250°F.
In a large bowl, stir together the oats, walnuts, pecans and pepitas; set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together the vanilla and cinnamon until well blended.
Then add the molasses, brown sugar, oil and salt and whisk until smooth.
Pour the liquid mixture over the oat mixture.
Stir well until all the oat mixture has been completely coated with the molasses mixture.
Spread the granola out onto two large baking sheets.
Bake for 30 minutes then stir and bake an additional 30 minutes and stir again.
Finish by baking for 15 minutes.
When cool, pour into a bowl and stir in the dried cranberries.
Store in an airtight container.

Tips

You can use a combination of your favorite nuts and/or seeds in place of the walnuts, pecans and pepitas – just keep the total amount to 2 cups.

You can swap out the cranberries for dried cherries or raisins, if desired.