Great Start! Granola

I love granola – it makes yogurt infinitely more satisfying. But most store-bought versions are soaked in sugar and fat. So I took matters into my own hands, and came up with a fabulous, crunchy and slightly sweet – but bursting with healthy redeeming qualities.

Bonus? It’s super easy to make!

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Great Start! Granola

INGREDIENTS

• 1.5 cups quick cooking oats
• 1/4 cup chopped almonds
• 1/8 cup flax meal
• 1/8 cup hemp seeds
• 1/8 cup brown rice syrup or honey
• 1 T sugar (any kind)
• 1/8 cup canola oil
• 1 T warm water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 C dried cranberries
• 1/4 C unsweetened coconut flakes

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
2. In a large bowl, combine oats, almonds, flax meal and hemp seeds.
3. In a medium saucepan, combine brown rice syrup, sugar, oil, water, salt, and vanilla. Heat over medium-low until sugar has dissolved and mixture is simmering. Stir often.
4. Pour into the oat mixture, and stir. Spread out on a cookie sheet.
5. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool.
6. Add dried cranberries and coconut. Store in an airtight container.

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Give it a try! Let me know how you like it

Recipe adapted from allrecipes.com

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