Oat and Honey Granola

I'm a big granola fan. It's relatively nutritious, and DEFINITELY delicious, but when you want to buy a box or bag of good quality granola at the grocery store, you often have to fork over $4 or more. I don't know if you know me or not, but I'm not down with that. If I can make it myself, I want to. Much cheaper, I can control what goes into it, and so super easy!

What you need

3 c. oats

1/3 c. chopped pecans*

2/3 c. sunflower seeds

1/4 c. packed brown sugar

2 Tbsp. honey

2 Tbsp. water

2 Tbsp. oil

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. salt

*Note: you need 1 c. of dry ingredients in addition to the oats. You could use any type of seeds or nuts you like!

What you do

Preheat oven to 275. Spread the oats, chopped pecans and sunflower seeds evenly on a cookie sheet and bake for 7-10 minutes just to lightly toast them.

While it's toasting, combine the rest of the ingredients in a saucepan and cook over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly until all the brown sugar is dissolved and the mixture just begins to bubble.

Remove oat mixture from oven and put into a large bowl. Turn the oven up to 325F, cover the cookie sheet with foil and grease the foil. Pour the mixture from the saucepan over the oats and stir to combine. Pour the mixture onto the greased foil. Put in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until browned but not BURNED.

Remove from the oven and let cool. After about 10 minutes, lift up one end of the foil to loosen the granola. See below.

Crumble it into pieces the size that you want and store in a ziplock bag until ready to use! By the way, it goes GREAT with