Cereal bar

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a sugar-free cereal bar at home? Prepare your food. Any oatmeal will do. Read more about the intricacies of choosing cereals in a separate article, link at the end of the recipe. Choose ripe, soft bananas - they knead easier and better flavor the baked goods. In addition to raisins (or instead of them), you can take any other dried fruits - dried cherries, cranberries, dried apricots, etc. Any nuts and seeds will also work.

2. STEP 2

   

   Peel the banana, break it into small pieces and mash it into a puree with a fork. It's okay if small pieces remain - they will add more flavor to the bar.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour the flakes into a deep bowl, add banana puree to them. Stir. Add seeds and nuts. Chop large nuts first using a knife or mortar. To reveal the flavor, you can dry the nuts a little in a dry frying pan. Wash the raisins (or other dried fruits), dry them, place them in a sieve and add them to the bowl with the cereal. Cut large fruits into smaller ones. Mix the cereal with all the additives again.

4. STEP 4

   

   Wash the apples and cut into quarters. Cut out the center with the seeds. Grate the pulp on a coarse grater, leaving the skin. Or you can pre-cut it. Add grated apples to oat mixture. And mix everything again. The result will be a viscous thick mass.

5. STEP 5

   

   Take a baking sheet or rectangular baking dish. I was preparing half a portion, so I took a mold measuring 20*20cm. Cover it with parchment. It is better to use siliconized paper to make the bars easier to remove from it. Read about how to choose a baking dish, as well as parchment, in separate articles following the links at the end of the recipe. Place the prepared mass on the paper, distribute it evenly with your hands. Make the thickness 5-7mm.

6. STEP 6

   

   Bake future bars in an oven preheated to 180°C for about 30 minutes. Focus on the appearance of the mass - it will turn brown. The exact time will depend on the features of your oven. You can learn about the operating features of ovens by reading a separate article, link at the end of the recipe.

7. STEP 7

   

   Take out the pan with the baked oatmeal and while still hot, cut it into strips of the desired size. Then cool the bars completely and only then remove them from the paper and break them into the sections you made.

8. STEP 8

   

   Serve the bars to the table. It is better to store them in the refrigerator. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

AlexA-

26.08.2023

5

And another recipe for granola bars.

Natalia M

26.08.2023

4.6

My husband asked me to make him something filling and healthy for a snack. And I remembered that I once often baked muesli. But they were crumbly. And on the site I saw several recipes for healthy bars. I chose a cereal muesli bar among them. I made a large portion, 400 g of rolled oats. Among the additives I took sunflower seeds, walnuts and raisins. As indicated in the recipe, I mashed the bananas with a fork and grated the apples. I added a couple of spoons of honey to the oat mixture, it adds a pleasant aroma, sweetness and slight viscosity. Placed the mixture on a large baking sheet lined with parchment. To make the layer even, I pressed it down with a cutting board. Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown. Along the edges the layer dried out a little, I cut off these places. The rest was cut into squares. The bars turned out crispy and a little stretchy inside. Very pleasant to the taste. The only thing I didn't like were the raisins. On the surface of the bars it was swollen and dry. Therefore, next time I will replace it with dried apricots or dried cherries. The bars are convenient to take with you to work or add to breakfast. Thank you very much for the recipe!

Silver

26.08.2023

4.6

I cook this for myself instead of sweets. I change the composition depending on what is currently available, leaving oatmeal and banana unchanged. Among other things, I like to add carrots, chokeberry, the taste is always different. I cook it often, they practically never translate for me. It's a pleasure to drink coffee with them!!

Svetik

26.08.2023

4.6

Hello, please tell me what is the expiration date and storage conditions for the bars?)))

Svetik

26.08.2023

4.6

Thank you)

kateC

26.08.2023

4.6

I made my favorite cereal nutritious energy bars. You can take them with you as the most healthy snack possible, and they are also a good idea for a healthy breakfast. Bars based on cereals, nuts, seeds and dried fruits replace a lot of sweets and cakes for me and are much healthier. The children also loved these bars, and I’m glad!