muesli/cereal bars recipes?

davetaylor

I want to try the recipe below but only have brown sugar. Will that be ok?

Preheat oven 180C, in a saucepan melt some butter:

8oz butter, melted (most of one pack)

stir in

8oz porridge oats (2 cups)
5oz granulated sugar (about 3/4 cup)
1 tablespoon demerera sugar (optional)

You can also add any of the following:

2 tablespoons flaked almonds or chopped nuts
2 tablespoons chocolate chips
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
2 tablespoons dried fruit

Bake at about 180C for about 15 mins, this makes two trays about 12"x 6", about 24 squares. While they are still warm, cut into squares. Or make chocolate flapjacks:

Break a bar of chocolate into squares, dot them over the flapjacks while they're in the trays and return to the oven for a few minutes. Then swirl the chocolate over the whole lot with a fork and put in the fridge until the chocolate is almost set. Then mark into squares.


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With variations offered here by Allexie:-

Other things to add to a basic flapjack recipe:-

chopped dates
chopped dried apricots
chopped dried bananas
glace cherries
coconut
hazlenuts/pecans
crystallised ginger
replace some of the porridge oats with jumbo oats

davetaylor

Also, I have some fresh Blackberries, would it be ok to chop some of them up and include them?

davetaylor

Ok, I made the bars and missed out the blackberries but added some fried apricots. I can't help feeling that with the amount of butter and sugar used that it's not that healthy.

Can anyone point me towards a recipe the healthiest (and tastiest) breakfast bars?

Christina_F

Hi
Am looking for recipes for healthy snack bars. I have made flapjack but would like to try soemthing different - anyone got any good recipes?

deebee

i quite like those muesli type breakfast bars, but the price is ridiculous, does anyone have an easy recipe for making something similar in a baking tray, to make into breakfast bar slices, maybe using muesli?:EasterBun

10past6

Good post dee :T I hope someone comes up with some recipes

Stephen_Leak

I reckon you could probably customise a basic flapjack recipe. However, I will be very surprised if there isn't a whole thread on DIY muesli bars somewhere on here. In the meantime, ASDA do packs of 6 for 79p.

Bungarm2001

Weightwatchers used to do one and the recipe was in one of their older books. I'll have a rummage around and see if I can find it.

Pink.

Hi deebee,

There's an earlier thread with lots of recipes that should help so I've added your thread to it to keep all the replies together.

Pink

deebee

cool, nice one pink, this will keep me reading for hours