Homemade Muesli Bars
While we're sharing here is my recipe for homemade muesli bars.
I use the food processor to chop up the nuts.
Ingredients
1 cup raw almonds, chopped
1/2 cup raw peanuts, chopped
1 cup oats
1/4 cup flax seeds
2 cups Rice Bubbles
50g dried cranberries
75g dates, chopped
75g sultanas
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup honey
30g. butter
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla extract
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Spread the almonds, oats, peanuts and flax seeds on the sheet and bake about 8 minutes or until fragrant. Transfer to a large mixing bowl with Rice Bubbles and dried fruit.
2. In a saucepan, bring the sugar, honey, butter and salt to a boil over medium heat. Simmer until the sugar dissolves and a light brown caramel forms, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
3. Pour the caramel over the dry ingredient mixture and stir in until evenly coated.
4. Line baking pan with baking paper, extend the paper over the sides of the pan to use as a handle later. Pour the cereal mixture into the baking dish and spread out into an even layer. Cover the pan with a second piece of baking paper and press down to compress the bars. Let the mixture stand for about 2 hours until firm.
5. Discard the top piece of baking paper and use the “handles” from the second piece of baking paper to gently remove the cereal square from the pan then cut into equal size bars and serve.
I worked out the nutrition numbers per 100 g the other day;
Energy Total Fat Saturated Fat Sodium Carbohydrate Sugars Protein
1826 kJ 19.3 g 3.9 g 287.0 mg 56.6 g 41.3 g 8.2 g
The fat is a bit high because of all the nuts and seeds. Sugar is pretty high as well. If I knew how to get the dry ingredients to stick together without some much sugar I'd be happier.
