Applesauce Granola

• 4 cups rolled oats or quick-cooking oats
• 2 cups puffed wheat cereal any your favorite
• 5 tablespoons ground flax seed
• 23 cup wheat germ toasted
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch nutmeg ground
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup almonds whole
• 1 cup walnuts halved
• 1 cup macadamia nuts or any kind of nut you have, such as pecans, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds, or mixture
• 1 cup coconut, shredded, unsweetened (desiccated)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cups applesauce natural, unsweetened
• 13 cup maple syrup or honey, if you prefer sweeter, add more as needed
• 1/2 cup cranberries, dried
• 1/2 cup raisins, seedless
• 1/2 cup apricots, dried coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup prunes coarsely chopped, or dried blueberries, cherries, any kind of dried fruits

1. Preheat oven to 300F (150C)
2. In a large bowl, add the first eleven ingredients, and mix until well combined.
3. Add the oil, applesauce and maple syrup or honey in a medium bowl and stir until well combined,
4. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, and pour the wet ingredients mixture in.
5. Use you hand to mix both dry and wet ingredients together until well incorporated, and no dry ingredients can be found.
6. Spread mixture evenly between two baking sheets and bake, turning mixture frequently about every 15 minutes and rotating pans until the mixture is dry, golden and slightly brown, which takes about 1 hour or longer.
7. Stir in the dried fruit right away when the granola comes out of the oven.
8. Transfer baking sheets on wire racks.
9. Allow to cool completely.
10. Store in an air-tight container up to 1 month.

rolled oats, puffed wheat cereal, cinnamon, nutmeg ground, salt, almonds, walnuts, nuts, coconut, olive oil, applesauce natural, maple syrup, cranberries, raisins, prunes coarsely chopped

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/applesauce-granola--51595 (may not work)