The Best Granola You Will Ever Eat Recipe

I was not satisfied with my old granola recipe, or any of the other versions attempted lately, and decided to do a bit more good old-fashioned research, online that is.  What finally called out to me from the Google stream was the funny Traveler's Lunchbox story of Melissa's search for the perfect cereal.  A must read.   After giving her recipe a try, I found it to be truly as fantastic as claimed, the best granola.you will ever eat.  Ever. Totally worth all of her experimenting to find that secret formula.  The "Lip Lady's" secret recipe is a secret no more.  Nice crunchy clusters full of flavor, goodness.

 It is pretty hard to tell from a photo how good a particular granola is, but I want to encourage you to give Melissa's version a go.  Having tried umpteen varieties of this popular breakfast food myself , you can believe me when I say, at the risk of being repetitive, it is the cook-off champion.

Crunchy Granola Reprise

I know I'm dating myself, but so what??  I think this recipe has its origin sometime in the '60's. Since Bob has been going through granola lately like there's no end in sight, I've begun making it again, to save ourselves a bit of hard-earned cash.

Granola is very forgiving, not to mention flexible.  And, I had forgotten just how easy it is to make or how good it can be.  The house smells lovely right now with all those toasting grains, from the current batch.

Everything is basically dumped into a big bowl.  Stirred around a bit and then baked in a slow oven (250F) for 2-3 hours.  Then you can add whatever dried fruits or nuts you want.  I'm going to add in some Brazil nuts that need to be used, toward the end, so they get a bit toasty.