Coconut Sunflower Granola

This is a small recipe, so double or triple it if you want a lot of granola!

Ingredients:

- 1 cup oats
- 1/4 cup sunflower seed kernels
- 1/4 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup flaxseed meal (can sub hemp seeds or chia seeds for some of this)
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (unless the sunflower seeds are salted already)

- 2 tablespoons butter, melted or sunflower oil
- 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract  

-don't include dried fruit like craisins in the cooking or storage, they just get overly dried out when I've tried it, but can serve granola with dried fruit at mealtime.

 
Directions:

Place oven rack on middle shelf, about 10 inches below broiler. Preheat broiler to high. Combine first 9 ingredients on a baking sheet; toss well. Broil 3 minutes or until lightly toasted, stirring every 1 minute.

Combine butter, honey, and vanilla in a small bowl. Drizzle over oat mixture; toss to coat.

Broil granola an additional 2 minutes or until well-toasted, stirring after 1 minute.

Remove granola from oven; cool on pan for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Alternately, cook at 250 degrees for 90 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, until golden.