The lazy, hazy summer holidays are gone for another year. Unfortunately, this return to routine doesn’t go as smoothly for some as it does for others, often leaving precious little time in the mornings to eat any breakfast at all, let alone a nutritious one.
Thankfully, all throughout Edmonton, there are bakeries and coffee shops dedicated to getting your morning off to a good start with their hearty offerings. From muffins to granola bars, these to-go treats might just be rays of sunshine on otherwise dreary mornings.
Granola Bar
at Credo
There’s no denying that coffee is the main attraction at Credo, and plenty of Edmontonians flock to either the 124th Street or 104th Street locations for their daily pick-me-ups. However, the cafe also serves up a hidden gem that you may have overlooked in your quest for a great cup of joe – a humble granola bar.
Credo’s granola bar is about as far from the pre-packaged, foil-wrapped concoctions associated with the name as you can get. Instead, it comes served up on a baking sheet, and the barista will cut you an incredibly generous slab fresh to order.
Credo’s granola bar isn’t reinventing the wheel. It contains simple ingredients that you’d expect to find – oats, peanut butter, sunflower seeds, raisins, chocolate – but they combine into a treat that’s so chewy and decadent, you’ll be waking up early just to grab one on your morning commute. –Adrianna Szenthe
10134 104 St., 780-761-3744, credocoffee.ca
Blueberry Scone
at The Carrot
If you’re on 118th Avenue and looking for breakfast with a side of philanthropy, look no further than The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse, where the blueberry scone is enough to fill you up and get your day off to a good start.
First off, the scone is monstrous, taking up almost every inch of the plate it would be served on – if you stayed at The Carrot to eat it. But before you know it, you’ve eaten half of it, with the juicy blueberries and a brulee sugar topping keeping you coming back for another bite.