Jim's Super Granola
(6 servings)
- 1/4 cup shredded coconut
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1/3 cup honey
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1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter
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2 cups old-fashioned oats
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1/3 cup popcorn - finely ground
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1/8 cup wheat germ
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2 teaspoons sunflower seeds
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2 teaspoons sesame seeds
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1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
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1/3 cup peanut butter
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1/2 cup rasins or other dried fruit
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Toast coconut on parchment for about 6 minutes until lightly toasted. Allow coconut to cool to room temperature.
In a small sauce pan over low heat, stir butter and honey until butter is melted and well combined.
In a large mixing bowl, combine oats, popcorn wheat germ, sunflower and sesame seeds, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Add honey-butter and peanut butter to the oat mixture and stir until well combined.
Squeeze together a few chunks to create oat clusters.
Cook for 20 to 25 minutes - stirring every 5 minutes.
Remove from oven. Add dry fruit, stir and allow to cool.
Serve with milk and fresh fruit. Stores well in a sealed container for two weeks.
Makes 3 cups.
As seen on Mr Breakfast's appearance on the Food Network's "The Secret Life Of... Cereal".
Mr Breakfast would like to thank Mr Breakfast for this recipe.
Recipe number 1441. Submitted 3/6/2005.
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