Granola

I was just mixing up a batch of granola for D. It's not so much a recipe, but rather a guideline. I don't really measure - just throw in handfuls until it looks right - and I never make it the same way twice. Any nut / dried fruit combo will work. I'm partial to pecans and dried cherries.

Mix together:
4c oats
1 1/2c nuts (sliced almonds, broken up pecans or walnuts are all good)
1/2 c flax
1/2c brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2tsp cinnamon

Mix together:
1/4c oil
1/4c honey (helps to warm the honey)
1tsp vanilla

Pour honey mix over oats and mix well (hands work best)

Spread on a sheetpan lined with either parchment or foil and bake at 300' for about 40 minutes. Stir halfway through.

Leave to cool on the sheetpan (you'll get nice little chunks if you don't stir). Add a couple of good handfuls of dried fruit (cherries, cranberries, raisins, blueberries, and apricots are all good; a little crystallized ginger is yummy, too).