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, raw

  ½ cup 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

• Cherries, tart, dried, sweetened

  ¾ cup or 120g

• Blueberries, dried, sweetened

  ¾ cup or 120g

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 300°F.
2. In a medium saucepan, heat the orange juice, brown sugar, canola oil, and honey over medium heat, stirring until dissolved. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine the oats, Cheerios, Honey Smacks, wheat germ, barley, Kashi nuggets, walnuts, pecans, cashews, flaxseed, and sunflower seeds.
4. Pour the juice mixture over the oat mixture and toss to combine.
5. Divide the mixture in half and spread evenly over two baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake for 45 minutes or until dry and crispy, stirring every 15 minutes.
6. Allow to cool completely, then stir in the dried cherries and blueberries. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.