Lonesome Woodsman Granola

*** The trick to this treat is lots of stirring

INGREDIENTS:

• 8 cups of Old Fashioned Oats
• 2 cups of brown sugar (heaping not packed)
• 1 ½ cups of wheat germ

*Mix the above ingredients really well. Break up the brown sugar and then add the following and stir well:

• 1 cup of coconut: wide unsweetened
• 1 cup slivered almonds
• 1 cup raw cashew: unsalted
• 1/3 cup sunflower seed: shelled, unsalted

*Stir again well! Drizzle the following… ½ amounts at a time and stir after each addition:

• ½ cup water
• ½ cup of canola oil
• 2 Tbsp of vanilla

*Use the microwave and warm the following to a drizzle form. Add 1/2 amounts at a time and stir well after each:

• ½ cup of honey: measure after oil so it slides out
• ½ cup of peanut butter: use rubber scraper: can

After another stirring, add the following:

• 1 ½ cup of yellow raisins
• ½ cup of craisins
• ½ cup of currants or any other dried fruit: optional

*Any of the ingredients can be adjusted to taste. Mix well in your big bowl. Spread on 2 cookie sheets. This recipe makes 18 cups or 8-2 + cup bags. 

*Bake at 200 for 2 hours