Instructions: In a large bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients; mix well. In a saucepan, cook, oil, brown sugar, honey, water and vanilla until sugar is dissolved.

Pour over dry ingredients and mix well. Spoon into a greased 13x9x2" baking pan. Bake at 275 F. for one hour or until golden, stirring every 15 minutes. Cool completely. Stir in raisins or apricots.

Yield: about 9 cups.

NOTES : "This crumbly granola may be eaten as a cereal or used as a topping for ice cream or fruit. It makes a welcome gift," says Maxine Smith of Owanka, South Dakota. She suggests packing it in a tin or jar decked with a festive bow.

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