Homemade Granola Recipe

Granola doesn’t seem so boring when it’s out to kill you. As exciting as that sounds I like to live past breakfast so I’ve started making my own nut-free granola, ohhh the excitement is almost too much! 

Nut Free Granola

4 Cups Rolled Oats
1/4 Cup each of Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds and Golden Flax, Dried Cranberries, Raisins, Goji Berries or any other seeds and/or dried fruit. 
1/2 Cup Orange Juice 
1/2 Cup Olive Oil
1/4 Cup Honey
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
fyi - I always use organic ingredients when possible =)

Combine oats, seeds, flax and brown sugar together in a bowl. Mix orange juice, oil and honey together. I use Manuka Honey which is very thick, so I heat it on low in a sauce pan in order to mix. Combine liquid mixture into oats/seeds and combine until all the dry ingredients are coated.
Place mixture into a glass casserole dish and cook at 375F for approximately 40 minutes or until granola has turned a light golden brown. Check on granola every 10 minutes and stir to brown the granola evenly. 
Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes then mix in dried fruit. Depends on what kind of honey you use and how sweet you like your granola, I sometimes dribble a little maple syrup or extra honey onto the granola when it is still a little bit warm.