Cranberry Orange Granola
Ingredients
- Dry Ingredients:
- 3c old-fashioned oats
- 2c crispy rice cereal
- 1/2t salt
- zest of half an orange
- Wet Ingredients:
- 3/4c brown sugar
- 1/4c applesauce
- 1/4c freshly-squeezed orange juice
- 2T pure maple syrup
- 1/4c oil (I used Canola)
- Set Aside:
- 2/3c dried cranberries
- 2/3c pecans, coarsely chopped
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325. Line a large baking sheet with foil and spray foil with cooking spray.
Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl and stir until combined.
In another bowl, mix wet ingredients until smooth. Pour wet into dry ingredients. Stir until all the oats are coated.
Spread in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes. Pull pan out of oven and stir oats. Smooth back out into a single layer and sprinkle on pecans. Spray whole pan with a light coating of non-stick spray. Return to oven for 15 more minutes.
Remove pan from oven and stir granola again and sprinkle on cranberries. Set on a cooling rack. Once cool, store in an airtight container or bag.