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Hello, Recently I have been making food and selling it to my teachers. They really enjoy it, and it gives me experience in pricing out recipes and filling orders. So it really is a win win situation. Last week I made 18 dozen chocolate chip cookies, 9 dozen white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies, 3 orders of chocolate biscotti, 2 orders of almond biscotti, and 22 cups of homemade granola. My cookies recipe is already on this blog, right here chocolate chip cookies. I was asked by a couple of teachers for my recipes. And I directed them to this blog. So here is the Granola Recipe that a few people asked for. It is really good granola and it taste super good on yogurt, which is my personal favorite way of eating it. So for the teachers that want it and for all of you granola lovers out there, Homemade Almond Granola.

Almond Granola
(9 cups)

• 1/3 cup Maple Syrup (the better the syrup the better the flavor)
• 1/3 brown sugar
• 4 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 c vegetable oil
• 5. cups fashioned rolled oats (do not use quick oats!)
• 10 oz sliced raw almonds
• 2 cups dried fruit (optional, I did not put this in, but you can if you want to)

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2. Line rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
3. Whisk maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla, in salt in a large bowl. Whisk in oil. Fold in oats and almond until thoroughly coated.
4. Transfer oat mixture to prepared baking sheet and spread across sheet into thin, even layer. Using a stiff metal spatula, compress oat mixture until very compact.
5. Bake until lightly browned, 40 to 45 minutes rotating pan once halfway through baking.
6. Remove granola from oven and cool on a wire rack to room temperature, about one hour.
7. Break up granola, put if fruit if you want to.
8. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

So there you go. There is the granola recipe I made. It is really good, and has superb flavor. Hopefully you enjoy!
Lindsey