Chewy Coconut Granola

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 6 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 cup wheat bran
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds
• 3/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds (shelled)
• 1 cup raw sunflower seeds (shelled)
• 1/4 cup flax seed (gold look prettier)
• 2 cups flaked coconut
• 2 cups raisins
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup honey, plus
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 275.
• 2 in a very large bowl mix together oats, wheat bran, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and flax seeds.
• 3 combine in a sauce pan olive oil,honey, vanilla, brown sugar, and salt.
• 4 heat on medium heat until all are dissolved and form a "syrup".
• 5 pour the "syrup" into the bowl of dry ingredients and mix very well, try to ensure every piece is evenly coated, stir, smash, stir.
• 6 when all is mixed well stir in coconut and raisins.
• 7 put half of mixture into a glass 9x13 baking dish and spread evenly without packing down.
• 8 if you have two glass dishes you can bake both at once.
• 9 bake at 275 for 40 minutes, then leaving pans in oven, turn up oven to 325 and bake for another 12-15 minutes.
• 10 stir granola just once when it comes out and leave it alone to cool, if there are clumps do not break them up.
• 11 allow to cool completely before removing from pan or serving.
• 12 store in an airtight container or gallon size freezer bags.
• 13 serve with milk or soy milk or rice milk as you would breakfast cereal.