⅓cupground old fashioned oats or pre-ground oat flour
½cupgranulated sugar
½teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonground cinnamon
1cupdried cherriesroughly chopped
1cupchopped dried mangoesnot the kind with added sugar
1cupchopped lightly salted almonds
6tablespoonsmelted butter
¼cupplus 2 tablespoons honey
1tablespoonwater
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper. (Tip: leave extra parchment paper hanging on opposing sides of the pan and clip them down with binder clips. When the bars are done, the flaps help lift up the parchment more easily)
Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl. Add in the butter, honey and water and mix well.
Put the ingredients in the baking pan and pack down the ingredients until it looks level.
Bake for about 30 - 40 minutes. My oven runs a little hot, and 35 minutes seems to be the magic number for me.
Take out the granola and allow it to completely cool - about one hour. Cut the bars using a serrated knife. You can cut before or after taking out the granola from the pan. Store in an airtight container, using wax paper to separate each bar.
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