Homemade Granola

I found this granola recipe in Cooking Light a few years ago. I am working on stocking our freezer with dinners and snacks we can eat when baby girl Alley arrives and it seemed like a good snacking item. It's easy, delicious and doesn't have any seeds, just nuts. If you've ever eaten too many pumpkin seeds, you know why that's good thing.

6 cups oatmeal

¼ cup chopped almonds

¼ cup chopped pecans

2 tbsp. brown sugar

¼ tsp. kosher salt

⅓ cup maple syrup

¼ cup honey

¼ cup pineapple juice

½ tsp. almond extract

¼ cup dried cranberries

¼ cup chopped apricots

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Combine first five ingredients in a large bowl. Add syrup, honey, juice, and almond extract; toss well. Spread mixture evenly onto a cookie sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 300 for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. Stir in apricots and cranberries. Cool completely. Store in a zip-lock bag.