Ingredients:

• 3 cups old-fashioned  oats
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 1 cup craisins or dried sweetened cranberries
• 1/2 cup  sweetened flaked coconut
• 1/4 cup chopped candied ginger
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1  cup pure maple syrup,  divided
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 250°F.
2. Stir together the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
3. Stir vanilla into the butter.
4. Drizzle granola with butter  mix and 1/3 cup of  the maple syrup and stir to  combine, until oats are at least all a little bit damp.
5. Line a baking sheet with nonstick foil and spread the granola on it.
6. Bake for 75  minutes, stirring  about every 15-20 minutes or until  granola  is browned.
7. Remove from  oven,  drizzle with  an additional 2/3 cup maple syrup, and stir to blend.
8. Put back on the foiled pan and  bake 20 minutes more
9. Allow mix to cool on  pan without stirring. 
10. When  cool, crumble lightly leaving  some granola clusters intact.
11. Store in an airtight container.

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com