Healthy homemade muesli bar slice recipe
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My kids love store bought muesli bars, but it has to be said, they’re an expensive lunch box addition when you have three kids at school five days a week. Making your own muesli bars or muesli slice is not only great for the grocery budget, you also know exactly what’s going into them – and your kids’ mouths!
A clever hybrid of cake and muesli bar, this Donna Hay recipe is a darn fine lunch box slice – and dare I say it, one which my own cherubs prefer over a store bought muesli bar!
- Makes : 14
- Prep time : 15 mins
- Cooking time : 20 mins
Muesli bar slice ingredients
- 125g butter
- ¼ cup golden syrup
- 1 cup Uncle Toby’s Rolled Oats (not instant)
- ½ cup sultanas
- ½ cup sweetened dried cranberries
- ½ cup diced dried apricot or dried apple
- ½ cup self-raising flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 3 tbs pepitas, optional
- 1 tbs sesame or chia seeds, optional
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 20cm x 30cm slice tray with baking paper.
- Combine the butter and syrup in a small saucepan over low heat and cook, stirring, until the butter has melted.
- Place the oats, sultanas, cranberries, apricots or apple (and the pepitas and sesame seeds if using), flour and sugar in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
- Add the butter and syrup mixture to the oat mixture and combine. Press into the base of your prepared slice tin. A silicone spatula won’t stick and makes it easy to push the mix into the corners of the tin.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden. Allow the slice to cool in the tin completely before cutting it into slices to serve.
Notes
- Makes 14 large muesli bar slices.
- If you’re feeling enthusiastic, make a double batch, slice, wrap individually in Gladwrap and freeze. Too easy!
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