-Granola

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INGREDIENTS FOR THE GRANOLA:
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups Rice Krispie cereal
2 cups oats
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup Craisins ( i use trader joes orange cranberries)
1/2 cup chopped nuts ( i use almond slices from trader joes)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Heat oven to 325 degrees.

Melt butter in a large pot over low heat. When the butter is melted whisk in sugar, honey, flour, vanilla, almond extract & cinnamon. Remove from heat and add the remaining ingredients, (except the coconut, nuts and craisins). Mix well.

Transfer the mixture onto a baking pan with wax paper on it. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. Allow the granola to cool for 1 hour in the pan.

*I add the coconut, nuts and dried fruit the last 5 minutes of baking so they don’t get too brown.