This is my own recipe, developed through trial and error. Two main pointers: the liquid mixed into the oats allows the granola to "cook" when it bakes, and the dried fruit should be added after the granola is baked (otherwise the raisins turn into rocks). Add the nuts (if you use them) during the last 10 minutes.
Eat with milk, cream or yogurt.
Ingredients:
6 cups (or so) rolled oats
1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup honey or 1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/3 to 1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves (optional)
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla
Optional items to add: dried fruit (see below), shredded coconut, pecan pieces or halves, hulled pumpkin seeds, wheat germ (if you use wheat germ, stir it in and bake it with the oats). 1 cup dried fruit - raisins, currants, diced dried apricots, dried cranberries, or date pieces (any combination OK) - added after baking. (Baking the fruit makes it hard.) Also, if you are using nuts they only need to bake for 10 minutes or so, so add at the end.
Turn oven on to 325 degrees to pre-heat. Spray a baking pan with cooking spray, or butter or grease a pan. Mix all of the ingredients except the dried fruit in a large bowl or pot. Spread the mixture in the pan. Stirring it every 15 minutes or so, bake the mixture at 325 degrees for an hour to an hour and 15 minutes, until the granola mixture is dry. Stir in the dried fruit.
Let the mixture cool completely before storing it in a large jar or storage bags in the fridge.
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