Baked Homemade Granola Lower Fat

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By making your own granola you can reduce the fat and increase the richness of nuts and seeds. This is great alone as a snack or on top of yogurt or anything! For the mixed nuts and seeds you can use all or a mixture of slivered almonds, coarsley chopped walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds.

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Steps

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Set oven to 300 degrees.

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Place oven rack to center position.

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Lightly oil two large baking sheets.

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In a large bowl stir together oats with nuts , seeds and spices.

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In a small bowl stir together the warm water with maple syrup and vanilla.

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Slowly pour the syrup mixture over the nut mixture.

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Stir with a wooden spoon to combine.

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Spread out on the greased baking sheet / s.

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Bake for about 30 minutes , stirring every 10 minutes to prevent burning , until granola is crumbly and golden.

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Remove from oven and immediately stir in the raisins and apricots.

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When the mixture is cool , store in an airtight container for up to 5 days or refrigerate for 1 month.

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Delicious !.

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Ingredients

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rolled oats, mixed nuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, warm water, maple syrup, vanilla, raisins, dried apricot