recipe wednesday- granola (a day late)

Well sweet Ej has another bug, so I am a little preoccupied right now. However I still wanted to get this recipe up! It is Alton Brown's and I LOVE it!

Ingredients
3 cups rolled oats
1 cup slivered almonds
1 cup cashews (I used pecans and walnuts, chopped)
3/4 cup shredded sweet coconut
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 teaspoon salt (this makes it a bit salty especially for cereal. I like to use less)
1 cup raisins (I didn't use raisins in mine)
Directions
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.

In a large bowl, combine the oats, nuts, coconut, and brown sugar.

In a separate bowl, combine maple syrup, oil, and salt. Combine both mixtures and pour onto 2 sheet pans. Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes to achieve an even color.

Remove from oven and transfer into a large bowl. Add raisins and mix until evenly distributed.

(I double the recipe every time and it lasts me a month. I love granola with yogurt in the morning!)

of all the falls

Years have gone and passed like whispers in the night. Flying by as almost invisible. But then there is a moment that takes your breathe. Or maybe, that moment actually allows you to breathe.



To breathe in the scent of life all around you. To truly feel as if your senses have burst into life.



These moments, these beautiful things of perfection, these are what matter most. These are what we will carry with us always.



The wind singing through the trees, the falling leaves that have given their last, the squirrels chattering, crisp breezes against bare cheeks, and two beautiful boys full of life and promise.








These are the moments. Of all the falls, this, now, is my favorite. I will savor every sweet moment...