Granola

This granola was made for us our first Christmas being married, by our dear friend/marriage mentor Sheryl Hoover. We LOVE this granola. I have not yet once been successful making it, but I thought I would include the recipe anyway. We have had Sheryl's a few times and it is our favorite. We even had this as our first Christmas morning breakfast, with vanilla yogurt of course. Actually, this granola turned us on to granola and yogurt for breakfasts, and though we mostly buy boxed granola, it is still a favorite breakfast or snack of ours.

Ingredients:

5 c rolled oats
1/4 c sesame seeds
1/2 c chopped nuts
1 c grape nuts
1/2 c wheat germ
1/2 lb coconut
1/2 c roasted salted sunflower seeds

1/4 c oil
1/4 lb (1 stick) butter
1 T molasses
1/2 T vanilla
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c honey

Preheat oven to 350. Mix dry ingredients. Then melt wet ingredients in microwave and pour over dry ingredients. Stir well. Bake in shallow pans 20-25 minutes or till desired color. Stir every 5-7 minutes.