Mom's Homemade Granola

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 42 ounces quick oatmeal
• 1 (16 ounce) bag shredded coconut
• 1 (10 ounce) bag sliced almonds
• 2 cups oat bran
• 1 tablespoon sea salt
• 2 cups splenda granular, sugar substitute (optional) or 2 cups sugar (optional)
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1/2 cups canola oil
• 2 cups hot water
• 2 cups honey
• 3 tablespoons vanilla
• 1 (24 ounce) box raisins or 1 (24 ounce) box other dried fruit

Recipe

• 1 in a (large) dish pan mix dry ingredients (oatmeal through nutmeg) until evenly dispersed.
• 2 in a microwaveable bowl, mix wet ingredients (oil through vanilla).
• 3 microwave on high for one minute to combine if needed.
• 4 pour liquid over cereal mix.
• 5 stir with spoon to moisten everything. add a little water if necessary.
• 6 spread into four large greased roasting or baking pans, about 1 to 1 1/2 inch deep works best.
• 7 bake at 250 degrees for 120 minutes, stirring after 40 minutes, breaking up large clumps.
• 8 after cooking, let cool on stove. granola will dry out a little more in this stage, so don't overcook it while baking.
• 9 spread raisins over top of dry granola.
• 10 scoop into airtight containers. raisins will mix evenly into granola in this stage.