Everyday Granola

Ingredients

• Orange juice

  1 cup or 249g

• Brown sugar

  1 cup unpacked or 145g

• Canola oil

  ⅓ cup or 73g

• Honey

  ½ cup or 170g

• Rolled oats

  Plain, dry oatmeal

  3 cup or 240g

• Cheerios

  Breakfast cereals ready-to-eat, general mills

  2 cup or 56g

• Kellogg's honey smacks

  Cereals ready-to-eat, kellogg

  2 cup or 72g

• Wheat germ

  Crude

  1 cup or 115g

• Barley

  Pearled, raw

  1 cup or 200g

• Kashi 7 whole grain nuggets

  Cereals ready-to-eat

  ½ cup or 58g

• Walnuts

  Nuts, english

  ½ cup, chopped or 59g

• Pecans

  Nuts

  ½ cup, chopped or 55g

• Cashew nuts

  Nuts, dry roasted, without salt added

  ½ cup, halves and whole or 69g

• Flaxseed

  Seeds

  ¼ cup, whole or 42g

• Sunflower seed kernels

  Seeds, dry roasted, without salt

  ¼ cup, hulled or 32g

• Pam cooking spray

  Oil, original

  1 spray , about 1/3 second or 0.3g

• Sweet cherries

  Raw

  ¾ cup, with pits, yields or 104g

• Blueberries

  Raw

  ¾ cup or 111g

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. Heat juice and next 3 ingredients (through honey) in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until dissolved; set aside.
3. Combine oats and next 10 ingredients (through sunflower seed kernels) in a large bowl.
4. Pour juice mixture over oat mixture; toss.
5. Divide mixture in half; spread evenly over 2 baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake for 45 minutes or until dry and crispy, stirring every 15 minutes. Cool completely; stir in dried fruit. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.