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Healthy Homemade Granola

This homemade granola recipe tastes delicious and is good for you. Lightly coated with honey and coconut oil, it is sweet and crunchy and is great by itself, with milk and fresh fruit, or sprinkled on top of yogurt.
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Total Time 45 mins

Ingredients
  

  • 8 cups old fashioned oats
  • 3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1 ⅓ cup sliced almonds
  • ¾ cup chopped pecans
  • 2 Tbs flax seeds
  • 4 cups bran cereal
  • 1 ⅓ cup honey
  • ¾ cup coconut oil
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325° F
  • Add oats, coconut, almonds, pecans, flax seed, and bran cereal to a large bowl and mix together
  • In a medium sized saucepan add the honey and coconut oil and bring to a boil over medium heat.
  • Allow the mixture to boil for 1 minute and then remove from heat.
  • Stir into honey and coconut mixture the almond extract, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt.
  • Carefully pour over the dry ingredients and stir until it is all well coated.
  • On two baking pans lined with parchment spread the coated granola evenly between the two pans
  • Place in a 325° F oven and bake for 25-30 minutes rotating baking pans and stirring granola half way through the baking time.
  • Remove from the oven and transfer the granola to a large bowl. As it cools stir often.