Linda's Tried and True Granola

I have to make so much of this granola that I bought another half sheet and a gigantic bowl at a restaurant supply so that I can mix and bake a double recipe. Here's the single recipe.





INGREDIENTS:

- 4 cups old fashioned (not quick) oats
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 cups chopped nuts, at least one cup is good, more is also tasty.
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup honey OR maple syrup


METHOD:



Heat the oven to 325.

Pecans and almonds are the favorites at my house, and I chop them separately in the food processor because the pecans pulverize before the almonds are even in halves. You can use fewer nuts, if you'd like.

Mix the oats and nuts in a large mixing bowl.

Put all the other ingredients in a small saucepan and heat until it bubbles a bit. Pour the contents of the saucepan over the nuts and oats and mix well. Spread the mixture on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the granola from the oven and stir it up. I pour it back into the mixing bowl, but maybe you're more coordinated than I am, and you can stir on a baking sheet without flipping the granola all over the floor. Return the granola to the oven for another 15 minutes.

After a total of 35 minutes of baking, the granola typically doesn't look done, but whenever I've left it in longer, it has been burned. I find that it crisps up after being removed from the oven.

You can add any kind of dried fruit after the granola is cooked.


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