Homemade granola

With cereal being as expensive as it is, and most cereal containing things you don't want in your breakfast (attention vegetarians: Mini-Wheats contain gelatin), I decided to start making granola again.

I'd made it in the past but it was just okay. Today I found a recipe from Alton Brown that is really good. I changed it up a bit, but here's the original:

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.

The changes I made:

I used coconut oil instead of vegetable oil
I used chopped walnuts instead of almonds
I omitted cashews
I added about 1/2 cup finely diced apple, with peels
I used dried cranberries instead of raisins
(You can DEFINITELY use only 1/8 + 1 TBSP or so of sugar, especially if you're using apples and especially if you'd rather it be more oat-y than sweet. It's not bad either way, I suppose.)
Came out really great, and only took 5 minutes plus cooking time.