Deluxe Honey Sweet Granola

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Deluxe Honey Sweet Granola is full of sweet dried fruit, nuts, seeds, oatmeal then baked with a slightly sweet honey glaze.

When visiting my sister  I was greeted to an overwhelming scrumptious smell as I walked into the kitchen for coffee and breakfast.  She had just whipped up a batch of this Deluxe Honey Sweet Granola to serve on top of my yogurt and fruit plate.

I think what makes this granola outstanding and above your typical granola is the combination of good quality ingredients she used. Indulge yourself, choose whole cashews, and pecans. Petite diced apricots, slivered almonds and other dried fruit will make this granola one of your top sweet and good for you comfort breakfast foods for sure.

It is wonderful over vanilla yogurt, by the hand full or as a topping on ice cream.  My favorite way to use it is to make a lettuce salad with diced apples, oranges, raspberries tossed with a raspberry vinaigrette and a healthy handful of this granola on top, just amazingly good.

This recipe can be switched up for whatever nuts or dried fruit you have in your pantry. I made a batch with just dried blueberries and it was delicious.

Deluxe Honey Sweet Granola

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Ingredients

• GRANOLA
• 3 c ups old fashioned oats not quick oats
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup slivered almonds
• 1/2 cup plain sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds
• 2 cups whole walnuts and cashews or any other of your favorite nut.
• TOPPING SAUCE
• 1/3 c brown sugar
• 1/2 safflower oil
• 1/2 cup honey
• STIR IN ITEMS AFTER BAKING
• dried cherries
• dried apricot
• raisins
• dried cranberries
• dried blueberries
• shredded coconut that has been toasted in a dry pan

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• In a small sauce pan, warm: 1/2 cup of safflower oil with 1/2 cup of honey and 1/3 cup brown sugar.
• Combine all granola ingredients in a large bowl.
• Combine melted honey mixture with granola mixture tossing until evenly coated.
• Spread out on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
• Bake 20 minutes and stir a couple of times while baking until it is golden brown.

After baking, add any of the following:

• dried cherries
• dried apricot
• raisins
• cranberries
• Shredded Coconut, toasted in a dry pan

Course: Granola

Author: Farmhouse Studio

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