Apple Harvest Granola

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 12 cups rolled oats, grain mix
• 2 cups cracked wheat
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup golden flax seed
• 1/2 cup ground flax seeds
• 5 cups dried apples (chopped)
• 3 cups english walnuts (roughly chopped)
• 3 cups raisins
• 2 cups unsalted sunflower seeds (hulled)
• 1 cup all natural apple juice
• 1 1/2 cups pure maple syrup
• 1 1/2 cups all natural clover honey
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 3 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300°f you will need 4 glass baking dishes approximately 9x13-inches.
• 2 in a very large metal roaster/pan, mix the first 9 ingredients together, making sure to coat all the fruit with the flour; set aside.
• 3 in a large glass mixing bowl, combine the next 9 ingredients. whisk until it is emulsified & cloudy in appearance.
• 4 pour all the wet mixture over the top of the dry ingredients. mixing until all the dry is moistened, it will take about 10 minutes.
• 5 divide the granola into the 4 glass dishes, making sure not to put more than 1" thick into any one pan.
• 6 bake for 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes & rotating the dishes on the bottom rack with the ones on the top rack. remove from oven & stir once more. let cool completely in the dishes. store in airtight containers in a cool dry place. can be frozen up to 6 months easily, just take out as needed.