Granola recipe

Beauty!

The summer seems to be passing without me having time or inclination to post an update here. I've got no explanation for that, but toss up a quick recipe post for future reference and as a waving, not drowning placeholder. Or I would if Google wasn't behaving crazy. 

(Okay, it's a week or so later and Google thinks I should be allowed to add a photo or two so I'm returning to this. I'll just add that making the granola was incredibly easy and straightforward and it turned out to be quite delicious too.)

Here's the recipe:

 Homemade Granola
(Click the link for the page with the original recipe; I've modified it slightly.)

1½ cups quick cooking rolled oats (Bob’s Red Mill / whole grain)
slightly less than ¼ c. canola oil
slightly less than ¼ c. total maple syrup including 1 T honey
¼ t. cinnamon
¼ t. salt
½ c. combined chopped almonds & sunflower seeds
½ c. combined raisins and dried cranberries 

Preheat oven to 300°. 

 In a medium-size bowl, whisk together oil, syrup/honey, cinnamon, and salt. Add oats and chopped nuts/sunflowers and stir to blend well. 

Spread onto lipped cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and pat flattish. 

Bake for 10 minutes then remove from oven, flip oats, stir, and reflatten. Return to oven and bake an additional ten minutes or until toasty brown. 

Remove tray from oven and stir in dried fruits. Pat flat again and leave tray on rack to cool. Store in tightly sealed jar for up to one month at room temperature. 

Fresh from the oven