How to Make Homemade Granola

I can't believe it! I just made my own granola. I always thought someday I'd learn, and thanks to some inspiration from a book I'll be reviewing soon on my other blog carp(e) libris, I thought I'd look for a recipe. It's so much easier than I thought, and if I'd known, I would have made this long ago. I looked up several recipes and sort of combined what I learned and used what was around my cupboards. Here's what I did, but you can add whatever suits you (or whatever needs to be used up in the cupboard!)

First, preheat your oven to 325 degrees.

Then mix together these ingredients in a bowl:

4 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup sunflower seeds (okay, I didn't have this - but I'll add it next time)
3/4 cups walnut pieces
1/2 cup almond halves
1/2 tsp salt

Then in another bowl, mix together these wet ingredients:

1/2 cup honey
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 cup canola oil (I used sunflower oil because that's all I had, aside from olive)

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones, then put the mixture on a cookie sheet and place in the oven for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, stir with a spatula and place back in the oven for another 10 minutes or until it starts to get a little brown and sort of dry. Remove from the oven and mix with:

3/4 cups raisins
1/4 cup currants (just because I had some!)

I am seeing online that some people freeze it; otherwise, it lasts about 2 weeks in a sealed container.

I think I stirred mine too well, because it's not in big chunks like I'd like it. Also, don't add more than 1/2 tsp. salt. I put a little more by accident because I'm allergic to measuring instruments. Oops. Next time I'll know, but in the meantime it sure is yummy!