Granola - Family Style

We made granola today - everyone helped. Here's how you do it:

Put in oats:
Add sesame seeds, almonds, oat bran and whatever else healthy you want:

Check and make sure it's all in the bowl:

Then stir:

Stir some more:
Add cinnamon, cardamom, a dash of vanilla, honey, and a bit of oil

Taste and stir (a bit of noisy rhythm helps the stirring)

Pat into cookie sheets:

Pat some more:
Bake for a long time in a moderate oven until golden brown:
Store in a special granola container:
This makes yummy breakfasts and snacks and is delicious on homemade yogurt. It can be very economical to make if one does not forget that the broiler has been on high for some time making nachos for lunch and one puts the first batch in a very hot oven and it comes out just a few minutes later when something does not smell right, a very dark brown color (almost black)! Hence the half full jar. Sigh!!

This was not my only mishap in the kitchen today - the other one will remain a mystery (I don't really want to talk about it - okay - it involved messing up a recipe beyond fixing, throwing it away and starting over :0(! ) Sigh, again. Some days I should really stay out of the kitchen but then who would feed the clamoring hordes? At least breakfast is ready for tomorrow :0)!!!