News — granola

This year Happy Girl has teamed up with Darker Mfg. of Owosso to create a special flavor just in time for Valentine's Day!  Darker Chocolate & Cherry Granola is full of dark chocolate chunks and tart dried cherries -- who needs chocolate covered cherries this year with this sweet and tart combo?  It's the perfect topping for an ice cream sundae.      

My favorite part of baking is sharing the finished product with others.  If I have the opportunity to share my friend’s food with my baked goods, that’s icing on the cake.  Last Friday I had the opportunity to share my baked goods and my friend’s food with others at a Ladies Night Out event at Arlington Kitchen and Home in Owosso.  It was a blast!  While it’s pretty obvious how to enjoy jam and granola -- by eating it, it’s so much fun to show the different ways in which to enjoy them!  Like in jam and granola bars.  It’s...

One of my all-time favorite desserts is cherry pie served with vanilla ice cream.  While I usually do still find time to bake homemade treats at home during my busy summers, baking a pie is quite an undertaking.  Berry crumbles are a simpler and much quicker homemade alternative to pies.  And since I always have granola at my disposal, I figured why not replace plain old boring oats with crunchy granola in a crumble topping.  Do you want to know the best part?  Vanilla ice cream is also the perfect accompaniment to berry crumbles.  I’ve included the recipe I used...

For me, eating granola is second nature.  I’ve realized, though, that to some people eating granola is a new experience or, for many of us, eating granola with yogurt can become boring.  In the spirit of my favorite chefs preparing one ingredient “three ways,” I’ve compiled my three favorite ways in which to eat granola.  I’ve also included my favorite granola and yogurt combinations to give everyone some new inspiration.  I spend a lot of time trying out different yogurt flavors with my granola so I figured I should pass my favorites on to you! Granola with Apples and Peanut...