Molasses Maple Granola - Big Batch! (Can Be Reduced!)

• 13 cups thick old fashioned oats, not quick oats
• 3 cups walnuts, chopped
• 3 cups pecans, chopped
• 3 cups pumpkin seeds
• 3 cups unsweetened dried shredded coconut
• 1 cup flax seed
• 2 cups unsulfured blackstrap molasses
• 1 1/2 cups maple syrup
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vanilla
• 1/2 cup peanut oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 3 cups dried fruit, your choice

1. In a LARGE bowl, mix oats, flax, nuts & coconut.
2. In a second bowl, mix all wet ingredients, including cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar & salt. Mix until blended with spatula or wooden spoon.
3. Pour wet onto dry and stir thoroughly. Stir, stir & stir.
4. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
5. Line cookie sheets (the sided kind) with aluminum foil & layer granola onto prepared sheets about 1/2 inch thick. Multiple sheets allow cooking to go faster.
6. Toast 30 minutes, stirring once.
7. Remove from oven & cool (I use another cookie sheet & put 1/2 of toasted mix on it to speed cooling.
8. Repeat until granola all toasted.
9. When cooled, return to original BIG mixing bowl & add dried fruit of choice & mix thoroughly. Alternatively, leave fruit out & add at serving time (harder for me to remember).
10. Bag in amounts that are workable for you & freeze until used. May recrisp 5 minutes in 300 degree oven if it softens with storage.

oats, walnuts, pecans, pumpkin seeds, coconut, flax seed, molasses, maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla, peanut oil, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, dried fruit

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/molasses-maple-granola-big-batch-can-be-reduced-191384 (may not work)