Vermonter Granola

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 20
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 139.6
  • Total Fat: 7.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 6.2 mg
  • Sodium: 59.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 17.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.2 g
  • Protein: 2.7 g

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Introduction

Make your own granola. It allows you to pick the mix-ins of nuts, dried fruit, spices and sweeteners! Here's my ultimate favorite mix, what I call "The Vermonter" (partial to my home state of course!) Make your own granola. It allows you to pick the mix-ins of nuts, dried fruit, spices and sweeteners! Here's my ultimate favorite mix, what I call "The Vermonter" (partial to my home state of course!)
Number of Servings: 20

Ingredients

    3 cups rolled oats
    1 cup walnut pieces
    4 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut into pieces
    1/3 cup grade B maple syrup
    1 tsp ground cinnamon
    1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
    1/2 tsp ground cardamom
    1/2 tsp salt
    1 cup dried cranberries, chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 300˚F.
In a large bowl, combine oats and walnuts.
In a small saucepan, combine butter, maple syrup, spices and salt over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until butter melts.
Pour butter mixture over oat mixture and toss until oats and nuts are completely coated.
Transfer to parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet and spread in a n even layer.
Bake until oats are lightly golden, 30 to 35 minutes, making sure to stir every 10 minutes to prevent burning.
Let cool completely on sheet then stir in dried cranberries.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature, up to 3 weeks.

Serving Size: Makes 5 cups - Twenty (20) 1/4 cup servings

Number of Servings: 20

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MZHARRIS04.