Jason's Granola Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups rolled oats 1 cup slivered almonds 1 cup pecan pieces 3/4 cup shredded coconut 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp brown sugar 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp maple syrup 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 tsp salt 1 cup dried cherries

Directions

• 1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• 2. In a large bowl, mix oats, nuts, coconut and brown sugar to distribute evenly. In a smaller bowl, whisk maple syrup, oil and salt to combine. Pour the syrup mixture over the dry mixture and fold to evenly combine.
• 3. Spread the mixture evenly on to two rimmed baking sheets. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, stirring every fifteen minutes, until nicely browned and fragrant.
• 4. Remove granola to a large bowl. After cooling, mix in dried cherries.
• That's it. This stuff will keep in an airtight container for... well, I don't know how long, actually. It never lasts more than a couple of days in my apartment.
• Mix in different nuts (cashews are good), substitute raisins or dried blueberries for the cherries. Like I said, keep the proportions right, and you can swap out whatever you like.
• P.S. I forgot to mention that I gave a few generous sprinkles of Penzey's cinnamon, probably a little less than 1/4 teaspoon. Yield: serves 0
  
  

  Notes: 

  VARIATIONS, so far:
• -- I made this recipe a second time after shelling all my leftover pecans, hazelnuts (filberts), and almonds.
• -- I, also, substituted approximately 2/3 of the maple syrup with dark corn syrup without a problem.
• -- Instead of mixing in the fruit, I just gave family members their choice of raisins, dates, dried cherries, and blueberries. (what I had on hand)

Jason's Granola