granola recipe - major 'yum' going on here

wet ingredients:

1/2 cup peanut oil

1/2 cup honey

dry ingredients:

3 cups old fashioned oats

1/2 cup walnuts

1/2 cup almonds

1/2 cup pumpkin seeds

1/2 cup golden rasins

1/2 cup cranberries

1/2 cup sunflower seeds

1/2 cup sesame seeds

1/2 cup coconut

directions:

Combine wet ingredients.

Combine dry ingredients.

Pour wet ingredients over dry and stir well (with your 'clean' hands!).

Pour onto cookie sheet and spread evenly (grease OR line cookie sheet with parchment paper)

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

Bake 30 minutes - stir.

Bake 30 minutes - DONE ! ! ! ! !

53 cents per serving ! ! ! ! ! !

(note: recipe from "The Chew" - ABC television)

spiced nuts - recipe

This recipe is 'to die' for! Have you ever walked in the mall around Christmas and smelled the almonds roasting? Well, this recipe is it - OR pretty darn close to what the mall sells - crunchy-delicious!

l lb. mixed nuts (1 can)

1/2 lb. peanuts (1/2 can)

1 tsp water

1 egg white

1 tsp Pumpkin spice

3/4 cups sugar

Slightly beat egg white with water.

Add nuts and toss to coat.

Combine sugar and pumpkin spice

in a bowl. Mix, then add to nuts.

Bake 300 degrees

20-25 minutes - stir

Cool on wax paper. Store in air tight container.