Pammy's Granola

Perfect atop yogurt or ice cream.


Ingredients

3 c. oats
1 c. coconut, shredded
1/2 c. walnuts or pecans, chopped
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 c. honey
1/2 stick butter

Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Melt butter and mix with honey. Combine with all dry ingredients. Spread evenly, in a single layer, on a cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes, tossing once.

Lemon Poppy Seed Ice Cream

Combine 1/2 cup sugar and the zest of two lemons in a food processor and whir until zest pieces are miniscule. Add 1/2 cup lemon juice (about three lemons) and whir again until sugar is dissolved. Empty into a mixing bowl, add 2 1/2 cups half & half, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and a pinch of salt. Mix with a stick blender until smooth. With a wooden spoon, mix in 1/4 cup poppy seeds. Chill for at least an hour, preferably a few.

Churn. Near the end of the churning, add more poppy seeds if you want 'em, or 3/4 cup broken up shortbread bits. Freeze for at least two hours, preferably many more if you can wait that long.

Adapted from David Lebovitz' Super Lemon Ice Cream recipe in his ice cream cookbook, The Perfect Scoop.