Yay for Granola!

Yay for granola!  Here is the basic recipe I use for super good granola. 

 

GRANOLA

 

3 cups Old Fashioned oats

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1/3 cup oil

2 Tbsp. water

1/3 cup honey or maple surup

 

Mix the oats brown sugar and salt in a bowl.  Set aside.  Heat the oil, water, and honey or surup in a saucepan until it just starts boiling.  Remove from heat and pour over dry ingredients.  Mix.  Spread mixture on 2 cookie sheets.  Bake at 250 for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.  Let cool.  As it cools, it will harden.  Use a spatula to pry up from the pan.  We love the larger clusters of granola this makes.  As you can see, you can add in all sorts of yummies to this.  In the picture above I have added 1/2 cup dried fruit, and 1/2 cup of slivered almonds, but the possibilities are endless!!  I usually add in chocolate chips to most batches I make, but these should be added after the granola is cooled so they don't melt.  Happy creations!!!