Perfect Crunchy Granola
- 7 cups old fashioned oats
- 12 cup soy flour or 12 cup protein powder
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- 34 cup walnuts, chopped
- 34 cup almonds, chopped
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup water
- 12 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 12 teaspoon caramel flavoring (optional)
- 12 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- 1.
- Stir together the first 6 ingredients in a large bowl or roasting pan.
- Substitute anything that strikes your fancy, but I aim for a total of 11 cups dry ingredients.
- 2.
- Mix brown sugar, water, and oil in a saucepan.
- Boil for 1 minute.
- If you prefer a sweeter granola, add up to 1 cup more brown sugar.
- 3.
- Remove from heat and add vanilla, caramel flavour, and salt.
- 4.
- Pour the liquid mixture over the dry mixture.
- Stir until all dry ingredients are moistened.
- 5.
- If using a roasting pan, place this directly in the oven, uncovered.
- If you don't have a roasting pan, spread the mixture out on 2 cookie sheets and bake.
- 6.
- Bake at 350 F for 15 minutes.
- Stir, scraping the bottom.
- Reduce oven temperature to 325 F, and continue to bake for 10 minutes intervals, stirring in between.
- It takes about a total of 45 minutes baking time.
- 7.
- Remove from oven when the granola is golden and dry.
- Allow to cool in the pan.
- Store in an airtight container for weeks.
- Mine never lasts that long, so I'm not sure!
oats, soy flour, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, almonds, brown sugar, water, oil, vanilla, caramel flavoring, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/perfect-crunchy-granola-513003 (may not work)