Granola Head

I have been called a granola head more than once in my twenty-five years. I never really thought that I deserved it, although now I would take that name willingly. As much as I majorly love our local coop, the granola selection leaves much to be desired, and I found that I never eat cereal for breakfast anymore because I just couldn't find a good one. One that wasn't too sweet or too cardboard-y. I'd never made granola myself, but I kept seeing this recipe pop up all around blogland, so I figured I'd give it a try. And it was good. I think I baked it a little too long, but it was good.

And then, I was wanting to keep riding this granola wave. When I lived in Berkeley, my local grocery store had the best "ginger snap granola" and now I'm looking to see if I can replicate that- I loved the gingery spiciness of it. And I wanted to send a jar of homemade granola along with the oven mitts, so I was looking for another recipe to try out. Molly must have read my mind as she posted a recipe just a few days ago as I was searching. This is the winner so far my friends. Sweet, but not too sweet. Not too crumbly, but just the right balance of clumps and loose ingredients. Perfect, I would say. It's not ginger snap, mind you, I'm still on the lookout for that. But it's delicious. And mix it up with some of the best organic yogurt and a little pure maple syrup. mmm mmm mmm.

{By the by, that's Molly's on the left and Stephanie's on the right up there}