lunch box snack of the week at ours = muesli bars
i adapted a Bill Granger recipe to make a nut-free bar i could send to school with our son
3 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup wheatgerm
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup dried cranberries
3/4 cup honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sunflower oil
Preheat oven to 130°C (250°F/Gas 1) and lightly grease and line a 35x25cm (14x10 inch) baking tray.
Combine oats, coconut, wheatgerm, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and cranberries in a bowl.
Put honey, sugar and oil in a saucepan over medium heat and stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour into dry ingredients and mix everything together (get your hands into it to make sure it is all mixed and so that you can lick your fingers).
Press mixture into a tin (tip - put it all in and spread out as much as you can with a knife or wooden spoon then put a sheet of greaseproof over the top and roll it with a rolling pin).
Bake 50 minutes, cool for about 15 minutes then cut into bars while still warm (important, otherwise it will be very hard to cut if you let it cool completely).
Makes about 30 bars.
