Granola

Ingredients

• 4 cups rolled oats (jumbo if possible)
• 2 cups mixed nuts, chopped (raw, unsalted)
• 1½ cups mixed dried fruit, chopped (no added sweeteners)
• ½ cup chia seeds
• ½ cup flax seeds
• 1 tsp fine-grain sea salt
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ cup olive oil
• ½ cup honey
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180 °C.
2. Mix the wet ingredients (olive oil, honey, vanilla) and the dry ingredients (oats, nuts, chia, flax, salt, cinnamon) separately — hold back the dried fruit for now. Once each is well combined, mix the two together.
3. Spread on a large baking tray and bake 15 min.
4. Take out, toss, add the dried fruit, and bake a further 12 min.
5. Take out and flatten hard all over with a spatula — this is what gives you the crunchy clusters.
6. Bake a final 5 min.
7. Let it rest and cool at least 2–3 hours before breaking it up.