Spiced Ginger Fig Granola - rolled oats

Method

• preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Combine oats, Almonds and spices in a large bowl.
• Give the spiced oats a good toss to combine initially.
• drizzle the molasses over the top.
• Get your hands dirty!
• reach in and mix by hand, a bit of a rubbing motion helps to coat the oats.
• keep rubbing until the oats are evenly coated.
• Spread the mix on 2 sheet pans, don't pour it on too thick.
• toast!
• Pull the oats out about every 7 min to toss and mix, you want to make sure that their getting toasted evenly.
• This step will likely take about 30-40min.
• Toast until everything is brown and crunchy.
• *its a little hard to tell if your using strait molasses, so after the first 3 pulls, take a nibble to check the texture!
• *.
• Add all of your chopped ginger and figs to a large bowl, after the granola has cooled a little toss it in with your chopped goods.
• after cooled completely store in airtight containers and enjoy!