The Best Apple Cinnamon Crisp Granola
 
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Recipe type: granola
Cuisine: breakfast, brunch
Ingredients
  • 4 cups walnut pieces
  • 4 cups pecans, chopped,
  • 4 cups almonds, roughly chopped
  • 2 cups pumpkin seeds, roasted, salted
  • 2 cups sunflower seeds
  • 6 cups large flake oats
  • 4 small apples cut into small 1/2” chunks (more or less depending on the size of your apples)
  • In a saucepan:
  • 1 3/4 cups coconut oil
  • 1 cup maple syrup
  • 4+ tbsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp salt (I like himalayan pink)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325F
  2. In a large mixing bowl or roasting pan, blend all of the dry ingredients from walnuts to apples. Stir to blend using a large wooden spoon or your hands.
  3. In a large saucepan melt over low heat everything from coconut oil to vanilla.
  4. Pour the coconut oil/maple syrup mixture over the dry ingredients and stir well to blend.
  5. Bake in batches in the oven, stirring well every 10 minutes until browned.
  6. Let cool and store in air-tight container or large freezer bags and freeze until needed.
Recipe by Just a Smidgen at https://justasmidgen.com/2018/09/17/the-best-apple-cinnamon-crisp-granola/