Mmmm!

Justin and I are headed to the woods this weekend for his first ever camping trip. A few days ago, I started talking about what supplies we needed to pick up, and he suggested making our own granola bars. I was leery of this, and what we ended up making isn't really in bar form, but it turned out to be totally awesome.

He picked out Alton Brown's recipe and showed me the episode of "Good Eats," and the rest is history.
It's super easy, good for you and pretty cheap! What more could you want, right? Well, besides the recipe...

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Ingredients

• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup slivered almonds
• 1 cup cashews
• 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
• 1 cup raisins

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.

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We used craisins instead of raisins (on purpose) and olive oil instead of vegetable (by accident), and it is amaaaaaazing. Hopefully, we'll even have some left for our trip!