Healthy Waist-Busting Granola

Ingredients

Cooking Directions

Mix dry ingredients in any amounts in a large roasting pan or two cookie sheets. You can experiment with proportions but oats should take up most of the mix.

Mix together last three ingredients in a two-cup glass Pyrex bowl and heat in microwave at 50 percent power until hot and able to stir, about 3 minutes.

Pour above liquid into roasting pan with dry ingredients and mix well.

Bake at 325 degrees for about 20-30 minutes until lightly toasted.

After mixture cools, add dried cranberries, raisins or any small or cut-up dried fruit such as cherries or figs.

Cool for a long time before storing indefinitely in freezer.

For breakfast, add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of granola to a large dollop of plain yogurt with 1/2 cup of fresh fruit and a drizzle of honey and a 1/4 - 1/2 cup or so of granola.