Low Fat Granola

• 6 cups rolled oats
• 12 cup whole wheat flour
• 12 cup oat bran
• 12 cup brown sugar
• 14 cup flax seed meal, freshly ground
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 12 teaspoon ginger
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 6 tablespoons orange juice
• 3 tablespoons orange juice or 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 12 cup dried fruits
• 1 cup nuts

1. Combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, oat bran, flax seed meal, spices in a large bowl.
2. Combine the vegetable oil, orange juice in a large measuring cup and pour over the dry mixture.
3. Stir until completely mixed.
4. Spread the mixture out on to a large roasting pan (or 2 smaller cookie sheet), spreading evenly.
5. The cookie sheets will toast the
6. Preheat oven to 300.
7. Bake in oven for 25 - 35 minutes, stir once or twice, cooking until golden brown.
8. Add the dried fruit at the beginning of cooking if a chewier fruit is desired, otherwise, add the fruit and nuts towards the end of the cooking time.
9. Serve with low fat yogurt.
10. Note: Can use one or more of mixed dried fruit: dried blueberries, dried cranberries, raisins, and chopped dates.
11. Can use one or more of the mixed nuts: pistachios, cashews, peanuts and almonds
12. The cooking pans will determine how crisp the final product will turn out, so if spreading the granola out onto 2 or more pans, it will cook faster.

rolled oats, whole wheat flour, bran, brown sugar, meal, cinnamon, ginger, vegetable oil, orange juice, orange juice, nuts

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/low-fat-granola-179693 (may not work)