Granola

 

Ingredients

  • 6 oz. clear honey
  • 6 oz Lyle's Golden Syrup (a British product you can find online)
  • 6 oz butter
  • Zest from 2 lemons
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 6 oz brown sugar
  • pinch of fine sea salt
  • 1 lb. rolled oats
  • 3 oz pumpkin seeds
  • 4 oz sunflower seeds
  • 7 oz whole almonds, skin on (I substitute 5 oz oats, 2 oz pumpkin seeds
  • 7 oz blanched hazelnuts (I substitute 5 oz. oats, 2 oz sunflower seeds)
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp cloves
  • 6 oz golden raisins
  • 6 oz raisins

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Cover a baking sheet (the largest one) with wax paper.
  2. Melt butter with honey, syrup and sugar. Cook a couple of minutes to thicken; set aside.
  3. In a large bowl combine all remaining ingredients. toss well. Add cooked mixture and combine well.
  4. Spread mixture on the wax paper evenly. Use two sheets if necessary.
  5. Bake 30 minutes; stir the mixture every 10 minutes.
  6. Turn the oven off and let rest in the oven another 5 minutes.
  7. Put granola in an airtight container and leave it open until mixture is cool. seal for further use.

Additional Notes

  1. If you leave the granola on the baking sheet until the mixture settles it will stick to the wax paper. Take it off before that happens.
  2. you can bake it longer if you like really crunchy granola.
  3. I store it in sealed baggies to ensure freshness.