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Ingredients

• 4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 cup assorted dried fruit (cranberry, raspberry, blueberry or whatever)
• 1 cup hulled raw green pumpkin seeds
• 1/2 cup flax seeds (optional), ground in a spice grinder or cleaned coffee grinder
• 1/2 cup sesame seeds, preferably un-hulled
• 1 cup raw wheat germ
• 1 cup whole natural almonds (with skins), chopped coarse
• 2/3 cup pure maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup canola oil

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325°F.

In a large bowl layer oats, fruit, all seeds, and wheat germ in order given (do not stir). Sprinkle almonds over top and drizzle syrup. Stir mixture upward from bottom to help coat almonds. Add vanilla and salt, stirring well. Add oil and toss until combined well.

Spread granola evenly in 2 large shallow baking pans and bake on upper and lower oven racks 15 minutes. Stir granola again and bake 5 minutes more, or until golden and almonds are toasted lightly. Cool granola. Granola keeps in an airtight container, chilled, 2 weeks.

Makes about 10 cups