Ingredients:

1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1/3 cup almonds, whole
3 cups old-fashioned oats
1 tsp. ground allspice
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbl. butter
2/3 cup fireweed, or other light, honey
1/4cup dried cranberries
1/4cup dried blueberries
1/4cup dried cherries

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Grease a baking sheet.

In a large bowl, combine the walnuts, pecans, almonds, oats, allspice and salt.

In a small saucepan, combine the butter and honey over medium-low heat and cook until the butter is melted.

Add the honey-butter mixture to the oat-nut mixture, stirring well to coat evenly.

Spread the granola on the prepared baking sheet. Place the baking sheet on the center oven rack and bake for 30 minutes or until the mixture is golden brown and crunchy. Cool the granola completely and stir in the dried cranberries, blueberries and cherries.

Makes about 6 cups.

~From The Winterlake Lodge Cookbook by Kirsten Dixon (Alaska Northwest Books, 2003). See Book Review column for review of this book.