Gluten Free Granola With Mulberries and Walnuts (Raw Vegan)

Elana's Pantry's Note:

Here’s a raw, vegan, gluten free granola made of mulberries and walnuts. The trick to making this granola is adding a ton of cinnamon (even more than the 1 teaspoon I have in the recipe below), which accentuates the sweetness of the dried fruits. http://www.elanaspantry.com/gluten-free-granola/

• Total Time: 56 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 56 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 4-6

Yield: 1.0 batch

• 4 cups walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoon celtic sea salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 dates, pitted
• 5 dried apricots, chopped
• 1/2 cup dried mulberries
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

1. 1. Soak walnuts and salt overnight in a large pyrex baking dish (9x13).
2. 2. Rinse the walnuts, rinse the baking dish, then place the nuts back in the baking dish.
3. 3. Place nuts in oven on lowest setting (our oven is 135°) and dehydrate for 24 hours or until crispy.
4. 4. Once nuts are dehydrated, remove from oven and set aside.
5. 5. Place dates and water in food processor and pulse until a smooth paste forms.
6. 6. Add walnuts, apricots, mulberries and cinnamon and pulse until coarse, like granola.
7. 7. Place in oven in large pyrex dish and dehydrate again for 24 hours or until crispy.
8. 8. Serve as a snack or as cereal with almond milk.