HomemadeGranola

Here are a few special bowls of the oat-based enriched cereal.

* Old Town Bakery: This crunchy granola is flavored with pecans, toasted sesame, dried blueberries, orange juice, molasses and maple syrup. You can get it with milk or homemade vanilla bean yogurt and fresh fruit. (Granola with milk, $5.95; granola with fresh fruit and yogurt, $6.95.) Old Town Bakery, 166 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 793-2993.

* Hollywood Hills Coffee Shop: Barkley’s Special adds a fresh muffin to the regular granola here, which includes vanilla, raisins, brown sugar and honey, topped with yogurt and fruit. (Barkley’s Special, $7.95; granola and yogurt with fruit, $6.95.) Hollywood Hills Coffee Shop, 6145 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, (323) 467-7678.

* Newsroom Cafe: This healthful granola is sweetened with granulated dates and Fuji apple juice, baked crisp and mixed with slightly tart dried cranberries. You can top it with nonfat milk, soy milk, Rice Dream or fresh apple juice. (Chef E.J.’s granola, $5.50; with fresh fruit, $6.50.) Newsroom Cafe, 120 N. Robertson Blvd., L.A., (310) 652-4444; 530 N. Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 319-9100.

* Petals: The granola at this ocean-view place has lots of ingredients, including dried cherries and blueberries, almonds, pistachios, pecans, sesame seeds, honey and brown sugar. It’s served with cinnamon or plain yogurt and plenty of fresh berries. (Homemade granola with cinnamon yogurt and berries, $8.75.) Petals, Shutters on the Beach Hotel, 1 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 587-1707.

* Blueberry: If you love blueberries, this cozy breakfast spot is for you. The granola flavored with almonds, cinnamon and maple syrup cooked golden is served with blueberry yogurt and a fistful of blueberries. (Homemade granola, $4.95.) Blueberry, 510 Santa Monica Blvd., (310) 394-7766.

* Red: Take a little coconut, a pinch of cinnamon, a generous sprinkling of pecans, mix it with honey, molasses, brown sugar and oats, cook it till it’s just getting crispy, and you’ve got a bowl of Red’s granola. Add a scoop or two of nonfat yogurt, some sliced strawberries and a drizzle of honey, and you’ve got a mouth-watering breakfast in front of you. (House-made granola, $4.95.) Red, 7450 Beverly Blvd., L.A., (323) 937-0331.