Granola

10 cups Quick rolled oats 1 cup Coconut 3 cups chopped nuts (Walnuts or slivered Almonds) 1 ½ cups Brown Sugar 1 ½ cups Water 1 ½ cups Canola Oil ½ cup Honey 1 ½ teaspoon Salt 2 teaspoons Cinnamon 3 teaspoons pure Vanilla Extract 3 cups Raisins or dried Cranberries. Mix first three items in large bowl. Then put brown sugar, water, oil, honey, salt, cinnamon and vanilla in sauce pan. Heat until dissolved ( DO NOT BOIL) pour over dry ingredients and stir well, spread out onto two jelly roll pans and bake @ 300 degrees for 20 Minutes each tray. While cooling put in 1 ½ cups of raisins or dried cranberries on each tray and stir. Let cool then place in air tight container. by Julie Winder