Hyeyoung's Granola

I'm a big fan of homemade granola.  I love plain yogurt with a little drizzle of honey topped with fresh or frozen berries and homemade granola.  I like that you can pretty much throw whatever is in your pantry and make it tasty.  I have about 3 granola recipes that I sort of rotate through, and compared to those, I thought that the Baked recipe was a little heavy on the sugar and honey.  I think the amount of honey in this recipe is the same as one of my other recipes, which calls for 6 cups of oats plus a 1/2 cup of wheat germ.  I ended up not using the salt or the maple and I also added 2 extra cups of oats and didn't use all of the honey that it called for since I also added a little bit of shredded coconut.  Even with those changes, it was a little too sweet for my taste...maybe I'm just used to less sweet granola.  I did like the cinnamon, so I'm thinking I may add a little cinnamon to one of my other recipes.  I baked it for the recommended time, but even after it cooled, mine seemed not as crispy as I had expected.  Maybe it was the humidity?  Anyway, I'm not sure that this is going to become my go-to granola recipe, but I may give it another try on a less humid day and see if I like it better.

Melanie W.'s Homemade Granola

I wasn't going to make this initially because I'm trying to clean out my cupboards and I didn't want to buy a bunch of stuff I won't use much of in the next few weeks, but when I looked at the recipe I realized I already had everything. Plus, it helped me clear out my cupboards!

The ease of this recipe makes this great- it uses ingredients most people already have on hand and can also be easily modified, it doesn't take a lot of time, and there's little mess involved. Perfect for me. I added almonds, raisins, craisins, dried apricot, and chocolate chips. I LOVED the smell it created when it was baking! I'm not a huge granola lover and therefore only eat it in small quantities so I don't see me making it very often, but it is a good recipe for when those granola cravings hit!

Cami's Homemade Granola

I've been wanting to try this for a long time but just never got around to it. I don't think I'll ever buy granola again! This is so delicious. I am moving soon and have been trying to get rid of the food in my pantry. I threw in some coconut and dark chocolate chunks. Yummy. It was a bit sweet for breakfast but I enjoyed having it as a snack. I can't wait to play around and make many different types. I think this tasted best with plain yogurt since it was so sweet.

This is definitely a top 5 recipe from Baked for me. I just love it.

Danielle's Homemade Granola

I've been hoping someone would pick this recipe because I love it! I've made it a number of times, and lately I've been making it weekly in double batches. I love eating it for breakfast and Max likes to take it to work to snack on or eat for lunch.

This granola is so fast and easy to make, and you can totally customize it to your tastes. I've tried it with different kinds of dried fruit (craisins, dried cherries, dried apricots, dried mango), with whole and slivered almonds, and with chopped up chocolate chunks.

My favorite combination so far has been craisins, dried apricots, and slivered almonds. It's delicious with the chocolate chunks, but I've been leaving that out lately because I figure I just don't need that extra bit of fat and sugar in my daily breakfast.

Other than swapping out the fruit and nuts, I haven't made too many changes to the recipe. I've been adding more oats than it calls for because you can get away with less oil, sugar, and honey and it still tastes really good (although it's probably not as clumpy). I've also tried replacing half of the honey with pure maple syrup. I liked it that way, but again, it's less clumpy because the syrup isn't as sticky as honey. The maple flavor was not very noticeable, so I'm not sure if I'll make it that way again.