Granola!

Okay everyone.  I decided that since cereal is super expensive, not filling, and not that good for you anyway, I would try my hand at granola.  I had my doubts as I was making this recipe--especially when I smelled all the ginger after I put it in, but after baking it, letting it cool, and then eating it with milk this morning, it was perfect.
Paul hates coconut, so I took that out and got some raw nuts (almonds) and chopped those up in a blender and threw those in instead.  I also didn't worry about the flaxseed or the salt being kosher.  It was so good and pretty filling.  See what you think!  -Lou

Here it is:

Basic Granola 
(I got it from http://www.everyday-reading.com/2013/02/my-daily-breakfast-granola.html and they apparently had gotten it from somewhere else, too)
(slightly adapted from Perry's Plate)

3 cups old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 T ground flaxseed
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Heaping 1/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt

1/3 cup honey
3 tablespoons oil (I like coconut best)
1/2 tsp vanilla 


Preheat oven to 300 degrees. 

Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

In a small saucepan, heat honey and oil until well-combined. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.

Pour the liquid over the dry ingredients and stir until the dry ingredients are evenly coated.

Spread the granola evenly onto a cookie sheet and bake for 40 minutes, stirring every ten minutes (be especially careful to get the edges since that's where it's most likely to burn). 

Let cool and store in an airtight container.