Jamie Oliver Granola

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant)
• 1 cup mixed nuts (hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts)
• 1/4 cup mixed seeds (sunflower, poppy, pumpkin, sesame)
• 3/4 cup unsweetened dried shredded coconut
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups dried fruit (raisins, cranberries, apricots)
• 5 tablespoons maple syrup (or honey)
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional, my addition to the recipe.)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350. put your dry granola ingredients including coconut and cinnamon, except for the dried fruit on a sheet pan. stir well and smooth out. mix maple syrup, olive oil and vanilla in a small bowl. drizzle over granola and stir.
• 2 place in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. stir every 5 minutes take the granola out, stir it, and then smooth it down with a wooden spoon and return to the oven. be very careful not to burn it.
• 3 while it is roasting chop up any large dried fruit. when the granola is nice and golden, remove it from the oven and add the dried fruit.
• 4 once it is cooled, store in sealed container. it will last up to 2 weeks.