Homemade Granola (Emlyn)

GRANOLA

Preheat oven to 250 degrees
Prepare two large sheet pans (coat with cooking spray)
Ingredients:8 cups of rolled oats (stay away from the quick oats)
2 cups of barley (time to raid the food storage)
2 cups of wheat germ
1 cup of slivered almonds
1 cup of chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups of dried cranberries
1 cup of flax seed
2 cups of honey
2 cups of olive oil
3-4 teaspoons of cinnamon

Heat the honey for about 15-30 seconds and then mix together with oil. Add honey and oil mixture to large mixing bowl. Add all the other ingredients (minus cranberries and flax seed)Stir well until everything is coated well with honey and oil. Transfer to baking sheets and bake for 60-90 minutes (or until crunchy) stirring occasionally. Add the flax seed the last 30 minutes of baking.
Cool and add dried cranberries.
This is my variation and you can really choose your dried fruit and nut/grain combination. The whole family loved this and it is mighty pretty.