Granola With Variations - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 cups old fashioned oats (not quick cooking)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup nuts (your choice I like pecans and almonds)
1/3 cup canola oil (not olive oil)
1/3 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (I really like almond) or 1 teaspoon almond extract (I really like almond)
1/2 - 1 cup dried fruit, of your choice (I sometimes leave the fruit out)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300\u00b0F.
Mix oats, sugar, salt, nuts and cinnamon in a large bowl.
Heat honey and oil over med low heat until warm.
Remove from heat and add extract.
Pour over oats and mix to coat.
Pour onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 40 miutes stirring halfway through- be sure not to over cook, granola will crisp while cooling.
Add dried fruit.
Store in an airtight container.