Laura Lou's Fabulous Granola

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups old fashioned oats
• 3/4 cup pumpkin seeds, raw
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, raw
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups dried cherries
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 toss the oats, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and walnuts together in a large bowl.
• 3 mix the vegetable oil, honey, salt, and vanilla together.
• 4 pour over the dry mixture and mix well to coat everything in the liquid, add cinnamon and stir.
• 5 bake, stirring occasionally with a spatula, until the mixture is a nice even golden brown. about 25 to 30 minutes.
• 6 remove granola and add dried cherries. allow to cool and store in an airtight container.