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Serve this tasty treat for breakfast or use it as a topping for yogurt or ice cream.
4 cups old-fashioned oats, uncooked
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup sunflower kernels
3/4 cup honey
6 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups dried Cherry Country cherries
Combine oats, pecans and sunflower kernels in a large bowl. Combine honey, melted butter, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour over oat mixture, and stir until all ingredients are well coated.
Spread mixture on 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven 30 to 40 minutes or until golden, stirring mixture every 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Stir in cherries. Cool mixture completely. Store tightly covered at room temperature up to 1 week.
Makes 8 cups.
Cherry Peanut Butter Triangles: for a fun, filling snack, toast whole grain bread and spread with peanut butter, then top with Cherry Granola. Cut into triangles to serve.
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