Delicious homemade granola. Better for you and more economical than store-bought.
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 10servings
Ingredients
3cupsold-fashioned rolled oatsnot quick cooking or instant
¾cuptoasted wheat germ
¾cuppecanscoarsely chopped
½cupfrozen apple juice concentratethawed
¼cuppacked brown sugar
2tablespoonsvegetable oil
6ouncesdried mixed fruit
Instructions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Coat a 9x13 inch baking pan with cooking spray. Add the oats, wheat germ and pecans stirring to mix well. Spread evenly in the pan. Cook until the mixture is lightly browned, about 25 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking time.
Remove from oven. Increase the oven temperature to 350 degrees.
Stir together the apple juice concentrate, brown sugar and oil. Pour over oat mixture and stir to combine. Spread evenly in pan and return to oven. Bake until oats are crisp, about 30 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking.
Let cool in pan. Toss with dried fruit. May be stored up to one month in the refrigerator in an air-tight container.