Add this to your favorite yogurt and it will make you want to leap out of bed for the shear pleasure of this start to your day.
One little, teeny, weeny promise you have to make though, is that you absolutely can NOT go skimping on the honey and oil. Promise? Promise!? Okay, then here it is:
2 cups natural honey
2 tsp. vanilla
1 lb. 2 oz. box old fashioned rolled oats
1 cup golden raisins
1 cup dried cranberries or cherries
1/2 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
8 oz. cashews
1 cup shredded coconut Preheat oven to 300-deg F
Heat oil, honey and vanilla until warm
Meanwhile, in a large aluminum roasting pan (17 x 12 x 2) stir oats, seeds, nuts and coconut together. (NOTE: Raisins and cranberries are added at the very end.) Add warmed honey mixture and mix until evenly coated.
Bake for 1 hour. Stir every 15 minutes with a fork or wooden spoon. During the last 15 minutes add the raisins and cranberries or cherries.
Remove from oven. Cool to room temperature and store in an airtight container in the fridge. I store any extra that I won’t be eating within the week in quart size bags in the freezer indefinitely.
I’ve been waiting for this….I’m headed to the store and YES! YES! I promise!!!!
Good girl, Shari!
Terri you gave me that recipe when we stayed with you and I have made it many times to raving reviews. It is far and away the best granola I have ever tasted!
thanks, Liz! I think it’s the oil and honey.
I kept my promise….I did not skimp on either oil or honey and NOW……I’m eating it right out of the frig …..it hasn’t even made it to yogurt just yet.