About Recipe

Back in the 80’s, Santa Claus brought me a shiny new Boys and Girls Cookbook for Christmas. I spent hours poring over its pages, scribbling notations in the margins about what looked good, and even menu planning on the inside back cover. (Apparently, “Sunday dinner” one night was to consist of something called “Fiesta Burgers” with a “Tossed Green Salad” and a side of “Vegge (sic) Potatoes,” which, I double-underlined, was “my own invention!”). Always the hostess. I still have the book, not only for a bit of nostalgia, but because over the years, its basic granola recipe became the springboard for my favorite Cherry Almond Granola I’m sharing with you today. Studded with sweet-tart dried cherries, whole roasted almonds, and toasted coconut flakes, this light-textured granola just begs to be sprinkled onto a bowl of tangy Greek yogurt for breakfast or an afternoon snack.