Friday, January 23, 2009

Granola

My Dear friend Michelle and her adorable family came out to visit for the Holidays. Michelle's Birthday was the day after her departure, so Heather and I treated her to an early Birthday Brunch. We chose "The Cottage", in beautiful La Jolla. The menu was nice, but what we enjoyed the most (besides the Tangerine Mimosas & the reminiscing of our crazy old times) was their tasty Granola. On our way out Heather treated us to a bag of their famous granola, which was devour in a couple days in our household.


I'm happy to say that Michelle was so pleased with her Birthday brunch and the granola that she blogged about it on her blog, check out what she had to say here.


so, yesterday morning my little family was craving The Cottage's Granola...what-to-do, what-to- do?, but try and imitate their granola? Well, we did!, and we even kicked it up a few notches. It turned out pretty good, a little burnt around the edges, but tasty.


El Finale`



The Recipe
1 Cup old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup sweetened, shredded coconut

1/2 cup craisins

1/4 cup sliced or silvered almonds

1/4 cup crushed pecans

1/4 cup Flax seed

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3 tablespoons canola oil

4 tablespoons condense milk

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.


To make the granola, combine all dry ingredients until well mixed, then add wet ingredients, combine completely. Pour onto a sheet pan and bake, stirring occasionally with a spatula, until mixture turns an even golden brown, about 20 minutes.


Remove the granola from the oven, scrape the pan with the spatula to loosen the granola, and allow to cool, stirring once.


Enjoy!

1 comment:

Michelle said...

MARIA - Was it easy to make? OMG, that looks so good. I am going to have to try and make it. YUMMY!