Add lemon granola to your citrus cookies , and they become lemon-treehugger cookies. When you hear that a cookie has granola in it, somehow you feel like you're making a "healthier" choice, right? Use Meyer lemons, a fragrant lemon hybrid more common in California than Brooklyn, if you can get your hands on them.

　　

Ingredients

Makes 1 cup

　　1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats

　　1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

　　3 lemons: 3 zested, 1 juiced

　　1/3 cup honey or agave nectar

　　3 tablespoons grapeseed or other neutral oil, plus more for the pan

　　

Step 1

1. Preheat the oven to 250°F.

　　

Step 2

2. Toss together the oats and salt in a medium bowl.

　　

Step 3

3. Whisk the zest, lemon juice, honey, and oil together in a small bowl. Add to the oats and toss until well coated.

　　

Step 4

4. Spread the mixture evenly on a greased or lined baking sheet. Bake the granola for 25 to 30 minutes, breaking up clumps and tossing every 10 minutes, until caramelized. Let cool completely, by which point the granola should have become crunchy (it will still seem wet and mushy when warm). Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.

　　Reprinted from Milk Bar Life, by Christina Tosi, Copyright © 2015, published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.