Granola

I got this recipe from Heather a few years back when I put together my recipe book. It's so good and you can change it up a bit to make it just how you like it.


Granola

6 cups rolled oats
¼ cup sunflower seeds
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup raisins or other dried fruit (I use Craisins)
1 cup coconut
1 cup nuts, chopped
⅓ cup sesame seeds

Mix all ingredients except raisins. Stir in and coat thoroughly with:

½ cup oil
⅓ cup honey
2 tsp vanilla

Spread on cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Add raisins or other dried fruit and bake 5 more minutes.

*notes:
-I use sliced almonds, but have used walnuts before too. I like the almonds because they are thin and crunchy.
-this last time I added some molasses, so using the 1/3 cup alotted for honey I put in about 2 Tablespoons of molasses, can't taste the difference and I use the mollasses in my year supply!
-normally I put it all in one big pan and it takes a while to cook, this time I put it in 2 cookie sheets and it only cooked for about 17 minutes total. Make sure to switch the pans every 5 minutes so they all get cooked the same.

Pancakes

1 Cup flour
1 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp oil
1 Cup + 2 Tbsp milk

Mix dry ingredients with wire wisk until homogenous. Add liquids and stir until most lumps are gone. Don't stir again. Cook on griddle, at about 350F, browning both sides. This makes enough to feed 2 adults and a small child. For a family, I double, triple or quadruple this recipe.