Breadmaker Granola

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups oats
• 1/2 cup raw sesame seed (shelled)
• 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds (shelled)
• 1 cup nuts (slivered almonds, walnuts, filberts etc)
• 3 tablespoons pumpkin butter (or natural peanut butter)
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup ground flax seeds (or bran or wheat germ)
• 1/4 cup honey
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups dried fruit (I use rasins and chopped apricots)

Directions

1. 1

   Put all ingredients except the dried fruit in the breadmaker. Set to jam cycle and run. This will produce well-toasted but not burnt granola. If you like it a little less toasted, simply take it out before the time is up.

2. 2

   Add dried fruit after the cycle is finished.

3. 3

   Tips:.

4. 4

   Use a few tablespoons of orange juice concentrate instead of applesauce for an orangy flavor. This is would taste good with Craisins sweetened dried cranberries at the end.

5. 5

   If you like crispy, lumpy granola then add 1/2 cup of flour mixed with 1/4 tsp baking soda and a quarter cup of fruit juice concentrate.

6. 6

   If you want to use this as more of a trail mix than a yogurt topping it might be better to omit the ground flax.

7. 7

   I use a pair of scissors to cut up the apricots, but I'm sure a knife and chopping board would work just as well.