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Molasses Almond Granola

Molasses Almond Granola

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Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post. As a member of Cooking Light’s Bloggers’ Connection, Deanna and I were provided with cookbooks to review and give away, but the thoughts and opinions are my own.

My parents just drove 26 hours in the car from Montana to bring me my favorite granola. But I didn’t have the heart to tell them that my mom’s homemade granola recipe from my childhood is no longer my favorite. This recipe for Molasses Almond Granola is. (Sorry Mom – although we still loved having you visit!)

If that’s any indication of the deliciousness of the other 199 recipes in the MyRecipe’s America’s Favorite Food cookbook, cooking from this book will mix up your ‘favorites list‘! The book contains: Fettuccine Alfredo with Bacon (from Cooking Light so you know you can make it healthfully more than once a year;) Pasta with Asparagus, Pancetta and Pine Nuts (with 60 reviews!) White Bean and Chicken ChiliPork Chops with Country Gravy; and on and on. These are the 200 “most-tried and best-rated” recipes by the 6 million users of MyRecipes.com.

So it’s not surprising that All-Time Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies was one of America’s favorite foods – although it is decidedly not a Cooking Light recipe – I will be making it pronto. How could you not with a title like that?

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It’s because of the fact that MyRecipes recipes are kitchen tested and user-rated so thoroughly that it has become my first stop when I have an ingredient (like asparagus currently) and need a recipe idea. Plus since this is where the Cooking Light recipe box lives, there’s almost always a light version of any recipe I could want to cook.

In this Molasses Almond Granola, I did swap in raisins and dried apricots for the cranberries and currents. (Apricots and raisins are in my mom’s original recipe!) I also added an extra 1/2 cup oats to try to stretch the recipe since granola goes fast around here. (And this granola went extra fast, especially in yogurt parfaits for my kids!)

Carole

Thursday 11th of July 2013

Lovely work! Would you be happy to link it in to the current Food on Friday which is creating a collection of recipes using apricots or nectarines? This is the link . I do hope to see you there. There are already quite a lot of links for you to check out. Cheers

Marilyn

Wednesday 1st of May 2013

Yup, I've made homemade granola and LOVE it! This recipe looks AMAZING! This recipe is awesome..pinned it! Thanks for celebrating my birthday with me and don't forget to get your 10% off coupon code! http://4you-withlove.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-favorite-spices-giveawaywinner-plus.html

OH, and I entered your great giveaway...My fingers are crossed that I win!

Marilyn

Serena

Wednesday 1st of May 2013

Thanks Marilyn! And thanks for the pin!

Danni@SiloHillFarm

Monday 29th of April 2013

Serena that granola looks fabulous! Thank you for commenting on my Cardamom cookies. I was surprised to hear from someone who even knows what Wheat Montana is! I lived in Montana for years and going to their bakery for a cinnamon roll is one of the things I miss the most!

Serena

Wednesday 1st of May 2013

My Grandma's farm was a short 60 miles from Wheat Montana. As you know, in Montana, 60 miles isn't far! Last time I got back for one of their cinnamon rolls was 2 year ago...I still think about them!

Amy

Monday 29th of April 2013

MyRecipes is usually my first stop when searching for recipes, and I always check the "Cooking Light" box because I love their recipes so much! I didn't realize that MyRecipes was publishing a cookbook, but it sounds like the perfect thing for every kitchen to have. You're super sweet to give away 4 copies!

Serena

Wednesday 1st of May 2013

Love the name of your blog Amy! We want lots of folks (or at least 4!) to benefit from this great cookbook! (:

Louis

Monday 29th of April 2013

I haven't made homemade granola. Favorite American recipes are grilled cheese sandwiches, pizza, cheeseburgers, pancakes...

Serena

Wednesday 1st of May 2013

Yup those recipes are all in the cookbook...or on Cookinglight.com!

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