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Last week a friend told me that the best thing about a certain hotel was the toast served in the dining room. It was a perfectly good hotel, but her memory was of the toast; and I could relate, because that’s how I feel about hotel granola. I always remember what type of granola is [...]
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Hey, hey! It’s a giveaway! As a reminder that nutrient dense nuts are a pretty healthy addition to your diet, Fisher Nuts is giving one Cookie Madness reader two nice sized portions of almonds packaged in their Freshness Seal Bags. For a chance at finding some almonds in your mailbox, just leave a comment saying [...]
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Is it granola or Chex Mix? I needed the answer, so I made a half-batch of the recipe on the back of H.E.B.’s copy-cat version of Honey Nut Chex, Honey Nut Squares. The picture on the box looked like a cross between granola and cereal, but mine (and I made it twice) was …
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Have you ever made granola with molasses? How about almond extract? When I saw Crunchy Cranberry Granola on the Fisher Nuts site, I was curious to see how those two ingredients would work and made a quick batch. I chickened out, though. Two tablespoons seemed like a lot of molasses for such a small batch [...]
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I’m not sure I would have tried this had there not been half a roll of peanut butter cookie dough in the refrigerator, but I needed to get rid of it and didn’t feel like cookies. Granola, on the other hand, seemed like a great idea; and using refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough to make [...]
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I have a lot of granola recipes, but the one my daughter likes best is this one. I think it’s the clumps, which are there because the recipe evolved from a failed attempt at making granola bars. The bars wouldn’t hold together, so I just broke them all up and dried the broken granola out [...]
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When it comes to ovens, I’m a little spoiled. After years of having older models, I now have a KitchenAid double oven with convection. The only probable is, I forget to use it. I still have to remind myself that I can use both ovens and not just the top one, and I hardly ever remember to bake with convection. When I do, it’s great. And one area where it really shines (aside from cookies) is granola. Using a convection oven for granola helps it cook a little quickly and evenly.
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When I was little, there was only one type of granola in my world and that was CW Post. Now, there are a million brands of granola and you can buy it at just about any grocery store. Even Target sells granola — more than 6 different types last time I counted, and some …
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