
Hazelnut and Cranberry Muesli Bars
Ingredients
Sourdough starter
- 45 g Water
- 45 g Brown sugar
- 45 g Plain White Flour
Granola Mix
- ½ tsp Fine salt
- 240 g Rolled oats
- 110 g Hazelnuts roughly chopped
- 50 g Candied Peel
- 50 g Glazed Cherries chopped
- 50 g Dried cranberries.
- 45 g Honey
- 22 g Sunflower Oil
Instructions
- In a bowl. mix all the ingredients of the sourdough mix except for the water. Add enough of the water to give the mix similar to a thick batter. Cover and leave for 3 hours or more.
- Heat the oven to 150ºC
- Add in the remainder of the ingredients stir well with a spatula until evenly mixed.
- Line a 30cm x 20cm baking tray with baking paper. Put the mix in the tray and form in to a level square about 2 cm deep.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
- As soon as the tray comes out the oven, use a metal dough scraper to cut into bars. Start by slicing in half along the long length. Then cut into bars about 3cm wide. This should make about 9 to 10 cuts giving you a total of 18 to 20 bars.
- Leave the bars to cool for 10 minutes after which lift the baking paper carefully onto a cooling rack.
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Fruit and Nut Muesli Bars
Ingredients
- 150 g Sourdough starter discard 100% hydration
- 45 g Water
- 45 g Brown sugar
- 45 g Plain White Flour
- Granola Mix
- ½ tsp Fine salt
- 240 g Rolled oats
- 110 g Unsalted nuts roughly chopped if large
- 75 g Mixed seeds eg sunflower pumpkin, flax
- 75 g Dried fruit eg Sultanas dried cranberries.
- 45 g Honey
- 22 g Sunflower Oil
Instructions
- In a bowl. mix all the ingredients of the sourdough mix except for the water. Add enough of the water to give the mix similar to a thick batter. Cover and leave for 3 hours or more.
- Heat the oven to 150ºC
- Add in the ingredients of the granola and stir well until evenly mixed.
- Line a 30cm x 20cm baking tray with baking paper. Put the mix in the tray and form in to a level square about 2 cm deep.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
- As soon as the tray comes out the oven, use a metal dough scraper to cut into bars. Start by slicing in half along the long length. Then cut into bars about 3cm wide. This should make about 9 to 10 cuts giving you a total of 18 to 20 bars.
- Leave the bars to cool for 10 minutes after which lift the baking paper carefully onto a cooling rack.
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Date and Apricot Muesli Bars
There are many substitutions possible in this one
The sourdough discard cand be substituted with 150g flour and 150ml water.
Flour: You can use various types of flour. I’ve used Atta, Khorasan that I wanted to use up.
Equipment
- Baking tray 30cm x 20cm
Ingredients
Sourdough starter mix
- 300 g Sourdough starter discard 100% hydration *
- 60 g Water
- 80 g Brown sugar
- 60 g Plain White Flour
Granola Mix
- ½ tsp Fine salt
- 300 g Rolled oats or Rye Flakes
- 75 g Dried Apricots roughly chopped
- 80 g Dates roughly chopped
- 130 g Raisins or Sultanas
- 50 g Flaxseeds or Sunflower seeds
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon if availabale
- 40 g Honey
- 40 ml Sunflower Oil
Instructions
- Put all the ingredients of the sourdough mix into a large bowl. Mix with a baker’s whisk Cover and leave for 3 hours or more.
- Heat the oven to 150ºC
- Add in the remainder of the ingredients stir well with a spatula until evenly mixed.
- Line a 30cm x 20cm baking tray with baking paper. Put the mix in the tray and form in to a level square about 2 cm deep.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
- As soon as the tray comes out the oven, use a metal dough scraper to cut into bars. Start by slicing in half along the long length. Then cut into bars about 3cm wide. This should make about 9 to 10 cuts giving you a total of 18 to 20 bars.
- Leave the bars to cool for 10 minutes after which lift the baking paper carefully onto a cooling rack. Store in an airtight container
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