Making granola...

We are a big oats family over here. We love oatmeal, oatmeal cookies, granola, granola bars, etc. Today we are making granola. J and S love to help with the granola. They usually take turns putting in the ingredients and dumping them on the floor, too. And they always beg for spoonfuls of the local, raw honey, too. Below is my basic recipe. Today was a flax, cranberry, cashew day.

Robin's granola recipe
* 4 cups rolled oats
* 1 cups wheat germ or milled flax seed
* 1/2 cup chopped sunflower seeds
* 1/2 cup chopped almonds/ground cashews
* 1 cup rasins/dried cherries/dried cranberries/etc.
* 1/3 cup vegetable oil
* scant 1 cup honey
* about 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* about 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* couple of dashes of nutmeg

Whisk together the oil, honey, vanilla and spices separate from dry ingredients. Then mix together. Pat down in a cookie sheet lined with a reusable SILPAT or parchment paper. Bake on 300'F for 30 minutes. Stir once after 20 minutes if you want clusters, stir more often if you don't. If you want clusters, let cool in the pan without stiring for at least 30 minutes. If you don't like clusters, stir frequently and turn out into a bowl while cooling.

Enjoy!