Muesli & Fruit Bars

These make an excellent snack and are not messy or sticky so can be eaten anywhere!

Ingredients

• 100g plain muesli (ie no added fruit or chocolate, and as little sugar as possible)
• 100g plain flour
• 50 – 100g sugar (depending on how sweet you want the bars to be)
• 150g chopped dried fruit eg raisins, dates, bananas, apples, cranberries…
• 75ml milk
• 75ml apple juice

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line or grease a small, square baking tin.
2. Mix together the muesli, chopped fruit, sugar and flour.
3. Add the milk and apple juice, and mix to a thick batter.
4. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for about 20 mins.
5. Allow to cool before cutting into squares or bars.

 

 

Cereal

Obviously, you can serve pretty much any cereal which isn’t too high in sugar, but I would like to just make a special mention of raisin Mini-Wheats or Toppas. These do not contain any added sugar, and little ones can eat them by themselves with their hands – you just soak them in milk until they’re a bit squidgy. My ds will happily pick at a bowl of them next to his usual breakfast of toast or roll with jam.

Another big hit recently has been honey pops – puffed wheat with honey. I serve them in a bowl either dry or with a splash of milk. Ds eats them with his hands, or has attempted to go in with a spoon (better when they’re slightly sticky with the milk).