Easy Granola.

Take a big bag of oats (Rolled oats are fine, even quick oats are ok, especially if you like a finer texture), dump them in a bowl.  I have very large bowls, so therefore can make very large batches, but even something like an ice cream container works in a pinch.

Dump in brown sugar and cinnamon (or whatever other spices you like) to taste.  Then, take some apple juice and pour it in, mushing everything around until everything starts to stick together.

Try not to put in too much apple juice.  Nothing bad will happen, but it'll take longer in the oven.  I personally like using the apple juice, because it adds some extra sweetness, but water will work too.  I would also think brown sugar Splenda would work for those who can't/don't eat sugar.  I've never done it, but it's not rocket science...  get sweet stuff to stick to oats. 

At this point I added some raw sliced almonds.  If you only have toasted nuts, you can add them at the end, because they will get toasted in the oven. 

Once you have everything mixed together, dump it onto cookie sheets and into a low-ish oven (250-300ish).  The main thing you're doing here is drying it all out. 

Check on it every 10 minutes or so, and toss it around, especially if you're like me and made a large batch that piled up pretty high on the pan.  That way, you can toss it around and make sure it's all drying evenly.

Once it comes out of the oven, you can add any toasted nuts/seeds, dried fruit, etc.

Tada!  Granola! 

I made 2.7kg of it for about $7.50 (with almonds and raisins, if it was plain it would be cheaper) You're usually looking at a minimum of  $.75/ 100g if you buy it at the store, so about $20 for as much as I did here. 

Try it, it's great on yogurt, you can mix it with corn flakes or bran flakes for a tasty cold cereal, and this morning Husband experimented and used it in place of plain oats for oatmeal and said it was fantastic hot too.