Crunchy toasted cereal with fruit and nuts
1 hour 25 min
Start your morning right with this healthy homemade cereal! Stirring in fruit adds vitamin C; nuts and seeds add vitamin E.
Rachel Warren Chadd
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 85g (3oz) clear honey
- 4 tablespoons apple juice
- 325g (11 1/2oz) rolled oats
- 25g (1oz) wheat flakes or additional rolled oats
- 100g (3 1/2oz) wheat germ
- 50g (1 3/4oz) flaked almonds
- 2 dessert apples, or 60g (2 1/4oz) dried apples
- 75g (2 3/4oz) raisins
- 75g (2 3/4oz) sunflower seeds
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:55min ›
Ready in:1hr25min
- Preheat the oven to 160°C (325°F, gas mark 3). In a saucepan, combine the honey with the apple juice. Heat, stirring, until almost boiling. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
- Mix together the oats, wheat flakes, wheat germ and almonds on a baking tray. Pour over the honey mixture and toss until the grains and nuts are all coated. Spread out in an even layer.
- Place the tray in the oven and bake, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes or until toasted and golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool, stirring occasionally.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 120°C (250°F, gas mark 1⁄2). If using dessert apples, halve and core them, then thinly slice. Arrange the slices on two baking trays in a single layer.
- Place in the oven to dry for 15–20 minutes, turning the slices once. Allow to cool slightly, then chop the apples coarsely. (If using dried apples, chop them coarsely.)
- Combine the toasted grain mixture with the chopped apples, raisins and sunflower seeds. Store the cereal in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 month. Serve with semi-skimmed milk or plain low-fat yoghurt.
