Muesli Bar

Few weeks ago I checked back into this blog and realized it has been almost a year since I had a post. Not a good sign at all. Had to come up with something really quick to revive this. So here it is my first baking recipe. Muesli bars used to be a standard snack in my bag for a long time. Not many snacks can be as filling, healthy and tasty as this one.It somehow went out of circulation in our pantry for a while. Recently it came back alive as a snack that Nandha liked at pre-school. They actually made it at his pre-school as a cooking activity and hence came back home with it's recipe. He was quite thrilled to know that we could actually make it at home. So here we go...

Ingredients

1) Rolled Oats - 3 Cups

Ingredients

2) Flour - 1 cup (a little less if you prefer a more chewy texture)

3) Sunflower seeds - 1 cup

4) Pumpkin seeds - 1 cup

5) Sliced Almonds - 1 cup

6) Dried fruits (pick your choice of apricots, cranberries, raisins) - 1 cup

7) Desicated coconut - 1 cup

8) Butter - 150 gms

9) Brown Sugar - 1 cup

10) Honey - 1/2 cup

11) Egg -1

Process
(0) Pre-heat the oven to 150 degrees.

Dry and wet ingredients together

1) Melt the butter on a low flame along with the brown sugar and honey. Once melted give it a quick boil and let it to cool down.
2) Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl and create a well in the center.

Give it a good mix

3) Pour the beaten egg, and the cooled down syrup and mix it all up. (A good time to get the kids involved as needed).
4) Once mixed spread the mixture out on a tray lined with baking paper. Even the mixture out using the back of a tablespoon.

Mixture on the tray

5) Bake it in the pre-heated oven for about 25 minutes.




Now this could be a hit and miss with the temperature and time. After a few experiments I've now started relying on my nose to tell me when to stop the baking. Take the tray out when the smell is just perfect - usually about 20-25 minutes.

Baked Muesli Tray

6) Leave it to cool for a few minutes.
7) Cut them up into blocks of your preference in size.

Home made Muesli Bar ready!!

Some may like it crispy...some may like it chewy....play with the flour and honey as you need it.

Happy Baking!!

C