Honey nut steel-cut granola

Ingredients

• 3 cups steel cut oats (instant steel cut oats is better or it gets too chewy, can also use some old fashioned oats in the mix)
  
• 2 cups of mixed nuts (I like walnuts, sunflower seeds, pecans, or maybe just a nut mix)
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted (I like the taste of butter better)
  
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 cup honey (original 1/2 C-might need full amount or some peanut butter, it doesn't stick together)
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

 Method

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl melt oil/butter and combine with applesauce, honey and vanilla.
3. Add steel-cut oats, nuts, cinnamon and sea salt.
4. Spread granola over a parchment or silicone-lined baking sheet. and bake for 20 mins. I actually like the way it browns on a dark colored pan without anything lining it, you just have to check every 15 minutes as it browns quicker.
   
5. Remove from oven and flip and the bake for another 20 mins.
6. Remove from oven once again, flip and then bake for another 15 mins.
7. Remove from oven and flatten granola with the back of a spatula. Let sit for 1 hour, then break it up into clusters.