This is going to be a big granola production weekend.
Tomorrow I decided that I will wake up early to get on top of the baking and also to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade of course! Baking granola and watching the parade... what could be better on a holiday weekend?
We are working on the "Holiday Blend" right now. It is the pumpkin spice flavor I mentioned in a previous post. We also have been bagging it and labeling it all.
Today we needed to make a run to Trader Joe's to pick up a few ingredients. Unfortunately, they were out of Grade B maple syrup, but have no fear! They had Grace A Dark Amber, which works well also! We also may have taken the last of their pumpkin pie spice which was in the very very back of the spices.
Anyway, we are on a good track with the baking and are just baking awayyyyyyyyyy.
If we stay on track, we should be done baking it all by this weekend. That is a good thing, because next weekend is the art fair! Wow, that came fast.
Have a great Thanksgiving, eat some turkey, have some fun!
Ingredient of the Day: pumpkin pie spice
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Coming Closer...
As the art fair is coming closer, my mom and I have been making more and more granola and are storing it in air tight containers. Our house smells so strong of cinnamon and spices it is incredible! This became useful when I found myself in yoga class one day next to a smelly man. I reached to grab my towel ( I do hot room yoga), and as the towel came closer to my face I began to smell granola instead of the man next to me!
We are also in the process of getting ready for Thanksgiving weekend. Not because we are making a meal, but because we will be making a very large amount of granola! We only have two more weekends!!! AHH! There is a lot already made, and sitting in various sizes and shapes of containers in front of me, but not nearly as much as we need.
I should mention our flavors... We have 3. Original, which is what we make all the time to have in the house. This has strong cinnamon flavor in it, along with vanilla, almonds, pepitas, raisins, etc. The second is our seasonal flavor which will be a pumpkin spice granola. And lastly, one that I created, will be a smoky flavored granola!
We have also bought bags to sell it in, and tasting cups for people when they come to the fair. The next step is to figure out exactly how much will go in each bag. Other than that, we are just baking away here in our kitchen!
One last thought to mention is that Trader Joe's is now selling Grade B maple syrup! yay! We like to use this as a sweetener in the granola because it's a little thicker than Grade A and gives a nice flavor!
Happy Autumn!
Ingredient of the Day: Grade B maple syrup
We are also in the process of getting ready for Thanksgiving weekend. Not because we are making a meal, but because we will be making a very large amount of granola! We only have two more weekends!!! AHH! There is a lot already made, and sitting in various sizes and shapes of containers in front of me, but not nearly as much as we need.
I should mention our flavors... We have 3. Original, which is what we make all the time to have in the house. This has strong cinnamon flavor in it, along with vanilla, almonds, pepitas, raisins, etc. The second is our seasonal flavor which will be a pumpkin spice granola. And lastly, one that I created, will be a smoky flavored granola!
We have also bought bags to sell it in, and tasting cups for people when they come to the fair. The next step is to figure out exactly how much will go in each bag. Other than that, we are just baking away here in our kitchen!
One last thought to mention is that Trader Joe's is now selling Grade B maple syrup! yay! We like to use this as a sweetener in the granola because it's a little thicker than Grade A and gives a nice flavor!
Happy Autumn!
Ingredient of the Day: Grade B maple syrup
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Welcome!
Hello,
For the first post I guess I just want to introduce you to the project my mom & I are up to.
We enjoy making homemade granola and are going to make a small and short business out of it. This all started when a friend of my mom's came over one day and had a snack. My mom had just made a fresh batch of granola and offered that up. Her friend thought it was great and said that she could make it for the art fair at my high school and call it "Artisans Granola". When the idea was introduced to me, I was very excited. My mom and I had discussed possibly selling the granola at some point but it never really became a reality (or even close to that).
We decided we would do this project for the experience of creating a business and not necessarily to make money, although that would be a nice bonus. :-)
Our first business meeting was towards the end of September. The number of different kinds of granola was discussed, what they would be, and our schedule for production. We also found some websites that we can order off bulk amounts of ingredients if we need to. The pricing and money handling was also discussed so that we know how many bags of granola to make in order to break even, and then what that would cost taking into consideration ingredients, and supplies, packaging etc.
The trickiest part of this project for us will to be fitting in all the baking. As a high school sophomore, I tend to get a lot of homework, and my mom is also busy working. Our schedule will need to be followed pretty strictly, we have until December 6th.
Alright, well that's it for now, more to come soon.
Hope Halloween was a spooky one!
For the first post I guess I just want to introduce you to the project my mom & I are up to.
We enjoy making homemade granola and are going to make a small and short business out of it. This all started when a friend of my mom's came over one day and had a snack. My mom had just made a fresh batch of granola and offered that up. Her friend thought it was great and said that she could make it for the art fair at my high school and call it "Artisans Granola". When the idea was introduced to me, I was very excited. My mom and I had discussed possibly selling the granola at some point but it never really became a reality (or even close to that).
We decided we would do this project for the experience of creating a business and not necessarily to make money, although that would be a nice bonus. :-)
Our first business meeting was towards the end of September. The number of different kinds of granola was discussed, what they would be, and our schedule for production. We also found some websites that we can order off bulk amounts of ingredients if we need to. The pricing and money handling was also discussed so that we know how many bags of granola to make in order to break even, and then what that would cost taking into consideration ingredients, and supplies, packaging etc.
The trickiest part of this project for us will to be fitting in all the baking. As a high school sophomore, I tend to get a lot of homework, and my mom is also busy working. Our schedule will need to be followed pretty strictly, we have until December 6th.
Alright, well that's it for now, more to come soon.
Hope Halloween was a spooky one!
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