Nigella's granola

INGREDIENTS
450g rolled oats
120g sunflower seeds
120g white sesame seeds
175g apple compote or apple sauce
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
120g brown rice syrup or rice malt syrup, or failing that, golden syrup
4 tablespoons clover honey or other runny honey
100g light brown sugar
250g whole natural almonds
1 teaspoon Maldon salt
2 tablespoons sunflower oil
300g raisins
METHOD
Mix everything except the raisins together very well in a large mixing bowl. I use a couple of curved, rigid spatulas; normally, I'd be happy to use my hands, but here it just leaves you covered with everything.
Spread this mixture out on two baking tins (the sort that come with ovens, and are about the width of a rack) and bake in a gas mark 3/170°C oven, turning over about halfway through baking and re-distributing the granola evenly during the baking process. The object is to get it evenly golden without toasting too much in any one place. This should take anything from about 40 minutes. I use a gas oven, which doesn't brown as fast as an electric one, so often leave it in for up to an hour.
Once it's baked, allow to cool and mix together with the raisins. Store airtight.
Serves: makes 2.5 litres


Variations tried: adding coconut

Recipe posted by Nigella SharePrint