Crites Family Stuff

Ingredients for 20 servings

• .66 cup frozen unsweetened apple juice concentrate, thawed
• .5 cup honey
• .33 cup canola oil
• .25 cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• .5 tsp salt
• 5 cups old fashioned oats
• .5 cup wheat bran
• .5 cup whole flax seeds
• .5 cup sliced almonds
• .5 cup roughly chopped pecans
• .5 cup sunflower seeds, shelled
• 1 cup raisins

Steps

1. Position oven racks in the top and bottom of the oven. Preheat to 325F. Coat 2 large cookie sheets with cooking spray. In a small saucepan, whisk together the apple juice, brown sugar, oil, and maple syrup. Over medium heat bring to a simmer. Remove from heat, stir in cinnamon and salt. In a large bowl, combine oats, bran, flax, sunflower seeds, almonds, and pecans. Stir in the juice mixture and mix until well combined. Then spread the mixture out on the 2 cookie sheets. Bake for 15 minutes. Take out and stir and put back into the oven switching the pans on the racks from top to bottom, bottom to top. Continue baking for another 15 minutes. Take out and let cool for 5 minutes on pan. Put into a large bowl and mix raisins in well. Let cool completely then store in an airtight container.

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