GRANOLA

Ingredients:
-2 cups old-fashioned oats
-1/2 cup wheat germ
-1/4 tsp salt
-2 T brown sugar
-1/4 cup honey
-2 T vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract if paste not available)
-3 T vegetable oil
-1 T water
-2 T cinnamon
-1/3 cup slivered almonds
-1/2 cup chopped dried apples
-1/4 cup dried cranberries
-1/4 cup dried dates
(Feel free to use whatever fruit and nuts you prefer, just try to keep to similar proportions)

1. Preheat oven to 275F.
2. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl, excluding fruit.
3. Bring wet ingredients to simmer over low heat. Drizzle over oat mixture and stir to combine (hands are best!).
4. Pour mixture onto large jelly roll pan (or a baking sheet if no jelly roll pan is available). Work into clumps with hands. Bake for 30 minutes.
5. Mix in dried fruit and continue to bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.