Homemade Granola

When colleagues started going ?healthy way? and started having granola for breakfast regularly, I too was tempted with it. If not for breakfast, I can at least have it for snaks between meals. (err.. I am a foodie, as you know by now and I need a good breakfast to start my day). But every time I saw the pack in the counter in the super market, I would not be convinced to buy it one because of the rate and another because I wasn?t sure if I?d finish it, after buying one!
After searching through some blogs I realized that I don?t have to follow a ?recipe? to make granola, just the basics were needed. Since I had a pack of corn flakes to be used up and also a newly bought pack of flax seeds that I had to use, and also brown sugar that was not used from a long time, I set out to make it, and of course it was a breeze to prepare it, absolutely no preparation time, except that the 40 min of baking needs about 4-5 stirs in between.
I didn?t make it in very large quantity, but thought whatever I made would last for at least a week. But then I was surprised when all of it vanished just the second day! Of course I had taken a small jar for mom, who also liked it.
I can say it was much better than the one readily available and works out cheaper too... I?m looking forward to doubling the quantity and making again....
Homemade Granola
Preparation time : 5 min
Baking Time : 40-45 min

Ingredients:
Oats - 2 cups
Corn flakes - 1 cups
Flax seeds - ¼ cup
Almonds - ¼ cup, chopped
Cashews - ¼ cup
Raisins- ¼ cup
Honey - 2-3 Tbsp
Brown Sugar - 2 Tbsp
Butter - 3 tsp
Salt - a pinch

Method:
? Slightly toast the flax seeds and keep aside
? Chop the almonds into smaller pieces and keep aside
? Slightly crush the corn flakes, if you feel the flakes are too big
? Preheat the oven to 120 deg C (~250 deg F)
? In a large bowl, mix the oats, corn flakes, toasted flax seeds, chopped almonds
? In a small bowl, melt butter and mix honey and salt
? Add the wet mixture into the large bowl with dry ingredients
? Mix in the brown sugar
? Mix thoroughly so that the oats mixture is evenly coated with honey mixture
? Spread it evenly on a large baking tray and bake for 40-45 minutes
? Stir it every 10 minutes for baking to be even
? Once done, take it out and mix in the raising
? Cool completely and store it in a jar
? Enjoy the granola as is or with warm or old milk

Tips n Tricks:
? Use of toasted flax seeds makes it healthy and adds an extra crunch that I loved
? Use of brown sugar also added a nice texture to the granola that I didn?t find in the store bought
? Adjust the sweeteners as per your personal taste

Variations:
? Any combination of dry fruits can be added - I had only the ones I have used. Using walnut instead of cashews makes it healthier
? Vegetable oil can be used instead or butter