Granola Is So Easy

Unless, of course, you burn it. And use too high of an oil-honey to oats-nuts ratio. I ended up with something resembling oatmeal brittle, and I tried this morning to convince myself that the toasty, bitter burnt sugar flavor I ended up with would be the new taste sensation in granola. Only got a couple bites down before I felt too sick to continue. It makes me even more sick to throw out all this granola. Really, literally, I am going to have to make Todd do it.

I will try again. August had fun with it, plus I decided to use diced dried pears, and I think it'll be a really great granola. Far better than burnt-sugar oatmeal brittle granola.

You know, I wrote this yesterday, then last night I found myself dipping into my failed granola again. Its bitterness is powerful and the sweetness is kind of over-the-top, but I feel like there has to be a place for it somewhere. An embellishment to ice cream or rice pudding? A little could go a long way. And the crunch of burned sugar is a nice contrast to the chewiness of the oatmeal.