Then try these tasty home-made muesli bars, which are an easy snack to drop into your kids’ lunch boxes.
* Recipe
Serving size: Makes 24
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Ingredients: Half a cup honey and a qaurter cup cup caster sugar
125g butter
Three cups of rolled oats
One cup of rice bubbles
One cup of sultanas
Half a cup of chopped apricots, dates or choc chips
Half a cup cup of desiccated coconut
Quarter of a cup of pepitas (pumpkin seed kernels), sunflower or sesame seeds
Method:
Preheat oven to 180°C
Grease and line a slice tray (31 cm x 22cm) with baking paper.
Combine honey, sugar and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, for two to three minutes until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil and cook for two minutes or until syrup thickens slightly. Remove from heat.
Combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Pour over the hot syrup and stir to combine.
Spoon into prepared pan and press firmly to make sure the mixture will stick together.
Bake in oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden.
Cool and then refrigerate until well chilled and cut into 24 slices (about 2cm x 6cm).
* Recipe created by Melissa Hughes for Kidspot (www.kidspot.com.au)
