GRANOLA analysis the

SCIENCE TEACHER

KATHY ELLIS SHARES

HER CRUNCHY RECIPE

Ingredients

cups old fashioned rolled oats cup raw cashews cup sliced almonds cup raw sunflower seeds cup pecans cup flax or chia seeds cup of oil of your choice cup of maple syrup or honey tablespoon vanilla

3. In a medium saucepan, combine oil and sweetener.

Heat over medium-high heat until the mixture is simmering. Simmer for about 30 seconds.

Take off heat, add vanilla, then pour the hot mixture over the dry ingredients.

Stir thoroughly until every nut and oat is coated with the syrup.

7. Pour granola onto the sheet pans and spread it out thoroughly.

8. Put both pans in the oven on racks about five inches apart and cook for about ten minutes.

9. Take pans out of the oven, stir the granola, then put the pans back in the oven, switching them so that the one on top is now underneath the other. Do this routine every five minutes until golden brown.

10. Let it sit on the pan until completely cool. Store in a container for a week.