Granola

It's fair to say I'm in love with this granola. It's easy to make, and makes the house smell so good. Better even than my fall Yankee candles.

I've made this recipe so many times and have perfected it...to my taste at least. It's a quadruple batch of the original recipe. It keeps great in a cereal storage container for about two weeks. I eat it over yogurt, as cereal, or make it into granola bars.

I'll include the single batch recipe below, if for some reason you don't want 17 cups of granola.

Large Batch:
14 cups rolled oats
1 1/2 cup coconut flakes, unsweeteened or sweetened
1 1/2 cup nuts (I usually use chopped pecans or sliced almonds)
3/4 cup brown sugar (add another 1/4 cup if you like it a little sweeter)
1 cup canola oil
2 1/2 TB cinnamon
4 TB honey
4 TB pure maple syrup
2 TB pure vanilla extract

In a very large bowl, stir together oats, coconut and nuts.

In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients.

Pour the mixture from the small bowl over the oats mixture, and mix well with a wooden spoon. It will seem like there isn't enough wetness to coat all of those oats, but keep stirring, it will come together.

Bake on two large rimmed baking sheets in a preheated 375 degree oven for 25-30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.

Add dried fruit after baking.

Store in an airtight container.

Small Batch:
3 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup coconut flakes, unsweeteened or sweetened
1/2 cup nuts (I usually use chopped pecans or sliced almonds)
2+ teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
1 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

In a large bowl, stir together oats, coconut and nuts.

In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients.

Pour the mixture from the small bowl over the oats mixture, and mix well with a wooden spoon.

Bake on large rimmed baking sheet in a preheated 375 degree oven for 25-30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.

Add dried fruit after baking.

Store in an airtight container.

The proportions are not exactly the same from the small batch to the large batch as I have tweaked it to my family's tastes.

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