Great for lunchboxes or as an anytime snack, our cereal bars are fruity and crunchy-licious. This simple, all-in-one method is easy-peasy – so even your little ones can have a go!
- Preparation Time
- 15 min
- Cooking Time
- 25 min
- Cooling Time
- 0
- Skill Level
- Medium
- Serving Size
- 10
Ingredients
- 140 g Multigrain Cheerios whole
- 150 g self-raising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 85 g dried cherry and berry mix
- 2 tbsp muscovado sugar
- 1 medium dessert apple, cored and chopped small
- 150 ml semi-skimmed milk ( 1/4 pint)
- 1 medium egg, beaten
- 3 tbsp light olive oil or sunflower oil
- Icing sugar for dusting (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/400°F/gas mark 6.
- Line a 20cm x 25cm tin with baking parchment.
- Place 100g of the CHEERIOS in a mixing bowl along with the flour, baking powder, cherry and berry mix, sugar and apple and stir together until well combined
- Add the milk, egg and oil and briefly mix again.
- Spoon into the prepared tin and spread evenly. Sprinkle over the remaining CHEERIOS and lightly press them into the mixture.
- Bake for 25 minutes until golden and just firm. Leave to cool for a few minutes then lift out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Lightly dust with icing sugar and use a large knife cut into 10 bars.
- Try to mix up the colours to make pretty coloured flowers.
- You can use chopped pear in place of the apple. Dried cranberries and raisins also work well in this recipe.