Recipe

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• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup real maple syrup
• 1/4 cup water ( i replaced with homemade ginger syrup-recipe found on site)
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup sliced almonds or chopped macadamia nuts
• 1 cup coconut flakes
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds
• 1/3 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger
• 1 cup tropical mixed dried fruit
• 1 cup raisins ,or dried cranberries or combination of both

• 1 In a large saucepan,combine sugar,butter,honey,water,maple syrup and salt.Bring to a simmer and cook 5 minutes.Stir in oats,nuts and sesame seeds.Cook stirring frequently for 15 minutes.Adding cinnamon towards end of cooking time.
• 2 Remove pan from heat and add fruit,,ginger and coconut.Spread into a 15X10 (jelly roll )pan,lined with parchment or waxed paper.
• 3 Place a piece of wax paper over mixture and roll out.I used a full olive jar as it was long and weighty.But if you have a rolling pin that would fit or something along those lines to roll with,it makes spreading even and easier.This will also pack everything down,making it stick together better.
• 4 When mixture is spread evenly remove wax paper and score into desired size bars.Let cool in pan for 30 minutes.
• 5 Break off along scored lines into bars.
• 6 Store in an airtight container.
• 7 Note: I toasted my sesame seeds and almonds first,if you prefer a toasted flavor you may do so as well.
• 8 And if you do not have real maple syrup,use all honey.
• 9 See Group Recipe memeber' Thyme4ma's recipe for ginger syrup-oooh is it good!