Muesli Recipes

In the tradition of trying to find ways of saving money, I have been trying muesli recipes to compliment my collection of granola recipes.

This from the BBC website.  I made some changes because I was making it with my grand-son Noah in mind and I don't think that too much in the way of dried fruit.  I changed saltanas for raisins, left out the hazelnuts because I didn't have any and also omitted the other dry fruit.  I will probably leave out the apricots and figs when I make it for myself since there is too much sugar in the fruits for a diabetic.

Ingredients

• 200g/7oz jumbo porridge oats
• 25g/1oz flaked bran or wheat germ
• 75g/3oz barley or rye flakes
• 50g/2oz hazelnuts, lightly crushed
• 50g/2oz flaked almonds
• 50g/2oz sultanas
• 50g/2oz dried, ready-to-eat apricots, roughly chopped
• 50g/2oz dried, ready-to-eat figs, roughly chopped

Preparation method

1. Preheat the oven to 160C/325F/Gas 3.
   
2. Place the oats, flaked bran or wheat germ, barley or rye flakes, hazelnuts and almonds on a large baking tray and toast in the oven for 10 minutes, shaking and turning in the tray halfway through. Take the tray from the oven and leave to cool: this should take only about 10 minutes.
   
3. Mix the toasted ingredients with the sultanas, apricots and figs. These fruits are only suggestions: you can use whatever you prefer, for example dried apple, mango, papaya, dates or cherries.
   
4. You can eat this muesli straight away with milk.
   
   c. http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/basicmuesli_67724