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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 31 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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The sun has shone on this fruit granola. From the tree to the drying mats straight to your morning table. Apricots, dates & lemon, create a citrus taste that shines though in this granola. Ingredients:
12 cups rolled oats, grain mix |
2 cups cracked wheat |
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour |
1/2 cup ground flax seeds |
1/2 cup golden flax seed |
5 cups dried apricots (chopped) |
3 cups pecans (roughly chopped) |
3 cups dates, dried & rolled |
2 cups unsalted sunflower seeds (hulled) |
1 cup orange juice |
1 1/2 cups pure maple syrup |
1 1/2 cups all natural pure honey |
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil |
3 tablespoons lemon peel |
2 tablespoons mace |
1 teaspoon lemon extract |
1 teaspoon kosher salt |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300°F and you will need 3-4 glass baking dishes approximately 9x13-inches.
2. Using an extra large roasting pan combine the first 9 ingredients. making sure that all the fruit in coated with the flour; set aside.
3. Using a large glass mixing bowl combine the next 8 ingredients. Whisking until it becomes emulsified & cloudy appearance.
4. Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and mix throughly, this will take about 10 minutes to incorporate well.
5. Divide into the baking dishes, making sure not to add more than 1 deep in any pan. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes (bottom to top of dishes), rotating the pans on the lower rack to the upper rack as well.
6. Remove from oven stirring once again and let cool completely in pans.
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