Anne's Cranberry Pecan Chunky Granola

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 4 cups old fashioned oats
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
• 1/4 cup golden flax seed
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/2 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 12 ounces dried cranberries

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 in a large bowl, mix first 9 ingredients, (all the dry ingredients).
• 3 melt butter and warm honey in microwave. stir in apple juice and vanilla. add this mixture to dry ingredients and mix well.
• 4 spread granola on 2 large (12 by 17 inch) jelly roll pans.
• 5 bake in oven for 30 - 40 minutes, removing from oven to stir every 10 minutes. let cool in pan on a rack; cool completely.
• 6 mix in dried cranberries.
• 7 store in plastic bags.