* Preheat oven to 300F
* To a mixing bowl, add the liquid ingredients: oil, maple syrup, discard, & nut butter. Mix well.
* Add in buckwheat flakes, oats, nuts, sea salt, cinnamon & all other dry ingredients. Stir well. Taste the granola to see if you’d like more sweetener, salt, or discard. For the discard I like to add just enough so that I can barely taste the “sourness”. And once you cook it the sourness goes away. Note that if you add a lot it will take longer to cook, since it adds extra water that needs to evaporate.
* Spread mixture evenly onto a baking sheet (or multiple baking sheets) & bake for 25-45 minutes, or until fragrant and deep golden brown, stirring halfway, and more if necessary, to ensure even baking. Note that with the discard it may take longer to cook since the water needs to evaporate.
