Gingerbread Granola

Ingredients

• 4 cups Rolled Oats
• ¾ cups Wheat Germ
• ½ cups Sunflower Seeds
• 1 cup Almonds, Chopped
• 1 cup Walnuts, Chopped
• 1 cup Pecans, Chopped
• ½ cups Flax Seed
• ¼ cups Brown Sugar
• ¾ teaspoons Salt
• ¼ cups Maple Syrup
• ½ cups Honey
• ½ cups Canola Oil
• ½ cups Applesauce
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon Ginger
• 1 cup White Chocolate Chips

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 F. In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients (oats through flax seed).

In a saucepan, combine brown sugar, salt, syrup, honey, oil, applesauce, vanilla, cinnamon and ginger. Bring to a boil over medium heat then pour it over the dried ingredients stirring to coat.

Spread granola on a large baking sheet that you’ve covered in foil. Bake in a 300 F oven for about 25 minutes, stirring halfway through the bake time. Remove pan from the oven and let granola cool completely before adding chocolate chips.