Almond Honey Granola

Appetizer

Almond Honey Granola AppetizerIngredients

  • 3 cups old-fashioned oats, uncooked
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 ½  tsps.vanilla extract
  • 1cup whole natural almonds, coarsely chopped
  • ½ cup toasted wheat germ
  • ½ cup dried apricots, cut into thin strips
  • 1 cup dried tart cherries
  • 1/2 cup golden and/or dark raisins

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place oats in two 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly-roll pans. Bake oats 15 minutes or until lightly toasted, stirring twice.
  2. In large bowl, stir together honey, oil, and vanilla. Add toasted oats, almonds and wheat germ; stir to coat well.
  3.  Spread oat mixture evenly in same jelly-roll pans; bake until dark golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks. Transfer to large bowl and stir in dried fruit.
  4. Store at room temperature in tightly covered container up to 1 month.
Our recipes can be part of a well-balanced food plan. Any alterations made during preparation are at the discretion of the chef and are not included in the nutritional analysis provided.