Jamie Oliver Granola

Ingredients

• 2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant)
• 1 cup mixed nut (hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts)
• 1/4 cup mixed seeds (sunflower, poppy, pumpkin, sesame)
• 3/4 cup unsweetened dried shredded coconut
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups dried fruit (raisins, cranberries, apricots)
• 5 tablespoons maple syrup (or honey)
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional, My addition to the recipe.)

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350. Put your dry granola ingredients including coconut and cinnamon, except for the dried fruit on a sheet pan. Stir well and smooth out. Mix maple syrup, olive oil and vanilla in a small bowl. Drizzle over granola and stir.

2. 2

   Place in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Stir every 5 minutes take the granola out, stir it, and then smooth it down with a wooden spoon and return to the oven. Be very careful not to burn it.

3. 3

   While it is roasting chop up any large dried fruit. When the granola is nice and golden, remove it from the oven and add the dried fruit.

4. 4

   Once it is cooled, store in sealed container. It will last up to 2 weeks.