Ingredients
- 6 cups of old fashioned rolled oats (large flake)
- 2 to 3 loose cups of flaked coconut chips
- 3 to 4 cups of raw nuts (I like to use cashews, pecans, almonds, macadamia nuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds)
- 1 ½ tsp fine sea salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup of pure Maple syrup
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 TBS vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 160*C. Position your oven racks to the upper and lower third of your oven. Line two large baking sheets with baking paper, or spray lightly with low-fat cooking spray.
Mix the oats, coconut, and nuts together in a large bowl. Whisk together the maple syrup, oil, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla. Pour this over the oat and nut mixture. Stir well to coat the dry ingredients as much as you can with the liquid. Divide the mixture between the two pans, spreading it out as evenly as possible.
Bake in the preheated oven stirring every fifteen minutes for about 45 minutes until golden brown and rotating the pans halfway through the bake time, moving the top pan to the bottom and the bottom to the top. Allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
Notes
Once your granola has baked and is cooled you can add a quantity of dried fruit. Raisins, dried cranberries, dried cherries, etc. All work very well.