Crites Family Stuff

Ingredients for 20 servings

• 8 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 cup wheat bran
• 1 cup flax seed
• 1.5 cups chopped almonds or pecans
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup sunflower seeds
• .5 cup oil
• .5 cup unsweetened applesauce
• .5 cup brown sugar
• .75 cup honey or agave nectar
• 2 tbsp vanilla
• 2 tbsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp maple syrup

Topping:

• 2 cups semi sweet or milk chocolate chips
• 1 cup raisins

Steps

1. Mix oats, bran, flax seed, almonds, coconut, and sunflower seeds and set aside.
2. In a saucepan bring to a boil the oil, applesauce, brown sugar, honey, vanilla, cinnamon and maple syrup. Once it boils, remove from heat and pour over the oat mixture. Mix until well combined. Spread onto two large greased cookie sheets. Bake at 250F for 45 minutes, stirring halfway through baking time. Take out of the oven and let granola set on sheets for 1 hour undisturbed. Then add the chocolate chips and raisins and mix well. store in an airtight container or ziplock bags. Keeps for months.

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