Homemade Granola

I had been talking to a friend of mine, Manuela, from school about doing an outside of school photo shoot during our winter break.  I had been wanting to make something for a new blog post, and also, since it is the holidays, wanted to make something we could share as gifts for friends & family.  Solution: homemade granola!

We each went to the store and picked up a handful of items, dried cranberries, oats, olive oil, coconut oil, shredded coconut, trail mix, you get the picture...You really can add whatever you like to your granola, and it was great to find out we both have a disdain for raisins. "Raisins are gross!" was spouted at one point.

We had a few ideas in mind for recipes to use, so I will include the links to the 3 granola recipes that we based our granola off of.  We would say, "Hey, this recipe calls for this, what do you think?" "Sure! That sounds great!"  So feel free to add whatever you like for your granola, raisins or not.  It really tasted so amazing in the end, so I would recommend going for the shredded coconut,  and coconut oil.  I bought some little gift bags, to put them in, but you can also get canning jars at your local grocery store, which are pretty cute as well.

It was a really fun shoot, and we had delicious gifts to give in the end.  

Enjoy and happy holidays!!

Amy 

What Katie Ate Bob's Toasted Muesli

Real Simple's Olive Oil Granola

The Kitchn's Almond & Coconut Granola