Homemade Gluten Free Granola...aka...Easiest. Recipe. Ever.

So, being a SAHM who runs a small business is great.  I get to do fun stuff with my girls, hoard yarn like I'll need it when the zombie apocalypse happens, and make things like homemade granola.  Which is what I did today. We're a mostly gluten free household, so we make it with gluten free oats.  I figured I would share the recipe I use with you all.  It's a little sweeter than some of the recipes I've seen, but that's how we like it.  Hubby likes to take it to work with some Greek yogurt and mango chunks.  I eat it just straight, or sometimes as a breakfast cereal.  Either way, it's yummy :)

Here's my take on it:

Homemade Gluten Free Granola

5 cups Only Oats gluten free rolled oats
1/2 cup flax seed meal
1/2 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup safflower oil
1 cup honey
1 tbsp vanilla
cinnamon to taste
assorted nuts or other fixins' (we used sunflower seeds, pine nuts and pumpkin seeds)

Preheat your oven to 325 or 350F.  Just throw it all in a bowl and mix well.  I always taste a bit at this point to make sure it's ok.  If it tastes the way you want, spread it out on a parchment lined cookie sheet so that it's mostly even.  Bake for 10-15 minutes, then mix it around and bake some more.  Once it's golden brown most of the way through, or not if you'd rather it less crunchy, take it out and let it cool.  We store ours in the large freezer bags.  Seriously, easiest recipe ever.  I tried taking a picture to show you all, but all I had handy was my phone, so it isn't the greatest shot, but here is the finished product.  Next time I'll take step by step pictures :)