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Granola
There are many versions of granola. In fact, it's one of those recipes where you can personalise it completely. If the recipe calls for dried apricots and you don't like them, well just replace them with a dried fruit you do like. The same with nuts, use whichever ones you prefer or use two different kinds of nuts, just as long as they come to roughly the same quantity as that given for the nuts in the recipe so that they don't swamp it. On the other hand, if you like more fruit or nuts in your granola, then put more in than the recipes says.
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Ingredients
4 cups (8oz, 330g) rolled oats1/3 cup (2oz, 50g) sunflower seeds
1/3 cup (2oz, 50g) sesame seeds
1/3 cup (2oz, 50g) almonds
1 cup (150g, 6oz) raisins
1 cup (150g, 6oz) chopped dried apricots (use the ready to eat kind)
1-2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup (250ml, 10 fl oz) honey
1/2 cup (115g, 4oz) butter (if you are watching your saturated fat intake, use sunflower oil instead)
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 275 deg F (140 deg C).2. Put the oats, nuts, seeds and cinnamon into a bowl together and mix well.
3. Over a low heat, melt the butter and honey. Remove from the heat and stir in the oats mixture.
4. Spread over equally over two cookie sheets (baking trays) and put in the oven. Stir several times to prevent it sticking and to stop it going into a solid lump. Bake until crispy, about 50 minutes.
5. Stir in the dried fruit and store in an airtight container. Eat it for breakfast with milk or yoghurt or as a dry snack anytime.