Toasted Mueslei

Tigger asked that I post more recipes that use honey.  His bees have started whizzing about the place again and in a couple of months he will be contacting all his friends and customers (or posting on his blog) to try and sell the next batch of honey.

Toasted Mueslei

5 cups of rolled oats (I use the jumbo rolled oats)

1 cup desiccated coconut

1 cup wheat germ  (wheat germ isn’t always available in my local shops so I substitute a cup of hulled sunflower seeds)

1 cup skimmed milk powder

1 cup of chopped nuts

½ cup honey

½ cup good cooking oil

Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large flat roasting pan.  Heat the honey and oil gently, pour it over the dry ingredients and mix it all really (REALLY) well.  Toast it at about 125C until it is golden.  You will need to stir around two or three times during the toasting process. 

At the end add  1 cup raisins / sultanas / currants.  Store in an airtight jar.

The original recipe had a cup of oil and a cup of honey.  I found this to be overpowering but you might like your mueslei really sweet and stuck together like clusters, so vary that according to your own taste.

You can also add things like linseed, sesame seed, chopped dried fruit etc according to your taste.