Nutty Granola

I'm a big fan of making homemade granola. Today I deviated from my normal granola routine and tried a simpler one. And even then I didn't follow directions. As usual.

Dry ingredients went into one large container:

- about 5 cups old fashioned oats

- about 1/2 to 3/4 cup Archer Farms deluxe mixed nuts, raw

- about 1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts with sea salt

- about 1/2 cup raisins 

- about 1/4 cup craisins

- about 1/4 cup dried cherries

- about 1 tsp ground ginger

- about 2 tsp ground cinnamon 

Whisk in another bowl (or large liquid measuring cup):

- 1/4 cup canola oil

- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

- about 1 tsp vanilla 

- about 3 tablespoons blackstrap molasses

- about 2 tablespoons honey 

Mix liquids into a dressing, pour over par mixture and combine until evenly wet. Spread on cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes at 400, stir, redistribute and bake about 10 more minutes careful not to burn the fruit and nuts.

We had ours for breakfast with plain Greek yogurt, honey and organic strawberries.