Granola or homemade muesli. Homemade muesli with your own hands How to bake muesli at home

Calories: 2387
Proteins/100g: 9.74
Carbohydrates/100g: 45.9

If breakfast is tasty and satisfying, then your mood will be good all day and your performance will be high. If you're tired of scrambled eggs and sandwiches, I suggest switching to muesli. But not store-bought ones, but homemade ones. They taste better, and you can use any additives you like. So, this is how I prepare baked muesli, the recipe is basic, you can change it at your discretion. And if you add more sugar syrup, you can make small muesli bars that are very convenient to take with you to work as a snack.

Ingredients:

- rolled oats – 400 g;
- walnuts – 50 g;
- peanuts – 50 g;
- raisins – 50 g;
- dried fruits, candied fruits and other tasty additives - optional;
- granulated sugar or artificial honey – 50 g;
- purified water – 100 ml.

How to cook at home

1. Baked muesli according to this recipe can be prepared with any tasty and healthy additives: dried fruits, candied fruits, nuts, puffed rice. I chose a rather modest, but tasty and varied set: raisins, peanuts, walnuts. Pour boiling water over raisins and other dried fruits. Wait until the water cools down. Rinse well and drain in a colander, then place on a clean kitchen towel to absorb moisture.



2. Chop the walnuts. Take out the nucleoli. Make sure that small pieces of shell do not get into the muesli with the kernels. They will certainly spoil your mood and impression of the dish. You can lightly dry it in a frying pan without oil.



3. Brown the peanuts in a dry frying pan and remove the husks.

By the way, they turn out very tasty, try it.





4. Place oatmeal flakes in a spacious baking dish.



5. Pour sugar or artificial honey with water. It is not recommended to use natural honey, because it cannot be heated above 40 degrees.



6. Boil sugar syrup. Place the bowl over medium heat. Wait for the sugar or honey to dissolve. Boil it down a little.



7. Pour hot syrup into oatmeal. Stir.





8. Add clean and dried raisins.



9. Add nuts and peanuts. Stir.



10. Bake muesli at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent it from burning.
Cool the prepared muesli at home. Store in an airtight container.



Very tasty with milk. But you can take them as a snack to work and eat them dry.

We also invite you to find out how to prepare

Classic granola

Compound:
2 tbsp. oatmeal
1/3 tbsp. any chopped nuts
1/3 tbsp. sunflower seeds
1/3 tbsp. raisins
a handful of dried cranberries or cherries
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tbsp. honey or maple syrup
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3 tbsp. rast. oils
1 tbsp. water
2 tbsp. Sahara

Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 130-140 degrees. Mix cereal, sugar, salt, nuts in a bowl. Heat honey, water, cinnamon, vegetable oil over low heat until everything is mixed until smooth. Pour into dry ingredients and mix well. Grease a baking sheet with oil or line it with parchment paper and spread the entire mixture evenly over the baking sheet. Bake for half an hour, stirring occasionally (approximately every 10 minutes) with a spoon, then remove from the oven, add dried fruits and bake for another 10-15 minutes until golden brown. Cool and place in a jar with a tight lid.
Serve with milk. Granola turns out crispy...

Apple granola

Compound:
3 tbsp. oatmeal
1/2 tbsp. chopped almonds
1/2 tbsp. sunflower seeds
1/6 tbsp. sesame
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tbsp. (or less to taste) ground cinnamon
a pinch of salt
1 tbsp. applesauce
3-4 tbsp. honey
2 tbsp. olive oil

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 150 degrees. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl and all liquid ingredients in another bowl. And mix everything together until smooth. Spread in an even layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 35-40 minutes, stirring occasionally with a spoon. Cool.
This granola is good served with slices of fresh apple and yogurt, and for those who are fasting, with apple juice.

Granola balls
Well, or muesli sweets...

Compound:
1.5 tbsp. oatmeal
(they will need to be baked in the oven first, see the recipe for classic granola, but reduce the amount of honey and vegetable oil)
1/4 tbsp. sunflower seeds (I used pine nuts instead)
1/2 tbsp. dried apricots (about 10-12 pieces)
coconut flakes

Preparation:
Pour 100 ml of water into the dried apricots, bring to a boil and cook a little until they become soft (from 3 to 10 minutes). Remove the dried apricots from the water, mix with baked flakes and seeds and grind everything with a blender, adding a little decoction of the dried apricots. No need to add everything! The mass should be very thick, add just enough liquid so that you can form balls from it. Roll the balls in coconut flakes.

You can eat it right away, or you can put it in the refrigerator for a while so that the candy balls become a little denser. They are very tasty...

Granola bars (or Granola Bars)

Compound:
2.5 tbsp. oatmeal
1 tbsp. chopped nuts
0.5 tbsp. coconut flakes
5-6 tbsp. honey
3 tbsp. rast. oils
a pinch of salt, grated orange zest or cinnamon to taste
a handful of dried cranberries or cherries, raisins

Preparation:
Heat the oven to 175 degrees. Mix the cereal with the nuts and bake them for 10 minutes on a baking sheet. Remove from the oven, reduce temperature to 150. Heat honey, vegetable oil, salt, cinnamon (if using). Combine the baked cereal with the dried fruit, coconut, and wet ingredients (I transfer the cereal from the baking sheet to a bowl to mix). Mix well until you get a sticky mass.

Distribute it over the baking sheet, compacting it well with a spoon to form a dense layer about 1 cm thick. It is not necessary to “stretch” the mass over the entire baking sheet; I only filled half of it. But it is very important to press and compact well, otherwise it will fall apart when cut.
Bake for 20-30 minutes. Cool completely and cut into bars. It is best to cut with a sharp large knife, with a sharp chopping motion.

Muesli is combination product, it is based on oatmeal, crushed grains of wheat, rye, rice or barley, they are combined with various additives. We see both in advertising and from our own experience that this is a healthy, tasty and easy food. Especially if you want to lose weight and don’t even eat cookies.

But constantly buying them is both unprofitable and tedious. How to make muesli with your own hands will be described below.

Benefits for weight loss

This is a product enriched with minerals, vitamins, amino acids and a host of other useful components. Its advantages are that all the cereals included in its composition are, as a rule, unground and whole, this preserves it nutritional value.

The product is also saturated with B vitamins, vitamin E and A, there is also magnesium, calcium and iron, potassium, phosphorus and sodium, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. They help normalize the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. If you make muesli with your own hands, you can be sure of its usefulness.

The product is excellent for feeding those who are overweight, because the dietary fiber that is included in their composition is digested very slowly, therefore dulls the feeling of hunger, while fiber activates intestinal motility, this helps eliminate toxins, bad cholesterol and waste, as well as interfere with the absorption of fats.

The product contains in balanced proportions complex and simple carbohydrates, this makes it possible to prevent surges in blood glucose, which is caused by the consumption of starchy and sweet foods, which mainly contain simple carbohydrates.

Remember that such breakfasts will be useful only if their composition is balanced and natural, if there are no unnecessary additives that make the product tastier, but less healthy. Ideally, it is better to eat homemade muesli. If you are concerned about a slim figure, make sure that the product does not contain whole grains, heavy additives and sweeteners, or exotic fruits treated with sulfur-based preservatives. The very bright color of dried fruit should alert you.

Attention should be paid to the presence of vegetable fats; they may contain saturated fatty acids, which are harmful to the cardiovascular system. A big disadvantage will be the absence or low content of ascorbic acid, which is necessary for strong immunity and normal functioning of the body. Remember also that the product will be beneficial if consumed in moderation, in this case it is 30-50 g per day.

You should do the same with the herb. This miracle herb goes “hand in hand.”

How to make muesli at home?

It's not as difficult as it seems at first glance. Let's consider several ways.

Recipe 1

You can use the classic recipe product according to Bircher-Benner.

To prepare it we will need: 4 tbsp. l. oatmeal, 135 ml boiled water and 180 ml natural yogurt, 4 tsp. lemon juice and 4 tbsp. l. honey, 4 tbsp. l. peeled hazelnuts or almonds, 800 g apples.

First you need to pour the flakes into a bowl, cover them with warm water and leave overnight. Then you need to mix yogurt with honey and lemon juice, add oats soaked in water. Grate the unpeeled apples directly into the bowl and stir immediately to prevent the fruit from browning. Sprinkle chopped nuts on top of the mixture. Perfect for breakfast.

In addition, by the way, try baking with the photo you will find on our website at the link.

Recipe 2

You can use the muesli recipe in Swiss style.

To do this you will need 4 cups of cereal, 0.5 tbsp. peeled pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, a cup of chopped dried fruits, almonds, 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, any fresh fruit, 180 g of natural unsweetened yogurt.

First you need to mix all the ingredients, except fruit and yogurt, and pour in so that 1/5 of the container remains free. Close the container and shake thoroughly. Fill it with natural yoghurt and add fresh fruit and you can eat it in the morning.

We also offer you video recipe homemade muesli:

suitable for vegans

...now please look straight ahead. Before us is the most unusual exhibit in the collection. This is a chameleon recipe, a shapeshifter recipe, a werewolf recipe. It can instantly change its composition, adapting to the contents of your kitchen cabinet. There is nothing permanent about it; absolutely everything is replaceable, from the ingredients themselves to the cooking method.

And on every full moon, he pounces on the first person he meets and turns him into a fan of healthy breakfasts.

This is a recipe for baked muesli or granola. Is there a second equally unique dish in nature? This is unknown to me...

For baked muesli or granola we will need:

• 500 grams of oatmeal (or a mixture of cereals);
• 40 grams of coconut flakes;
• 1.5 cups dried fruits;
• 1/2 cup sesame seeds;
• 1/2 cup peeled sunflower seeds;
• 1/2 cup flax seeds;
• 1 glass of apple juice;
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon;
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg.

First Chinese warning: honestly, any component and its quantity can be changed. The flakes can be anything; any nuts, candied fruits, dried berries or fruits in any proportions are perfect. In general, we turn on the inner artist to full capacity!

One last Chinese warning: the above muesli products make a little more than a lot of muesli. If you want to cook for testing, feel free to reduce everything by half.

And now it seems we can begin...

Mix in a large dish everything that can be mixed at once, without any preliminary preparation. This includes: cereals, shavings, all types of seeds and spices.

Cut dried fruits (I used dried apricots, raisins, prunes and dates) into small cubes. The smaller the better.

We dilute stevia extract in apple juice. Stevia can be replaced with Jerusalem artichoke syrup or sugar, but then you will have to heat the juice with sugar until the latter is completely dissolved.

Pour the resulting syrup over the cereals and dried fruits and mix everything thoroughly.

This is the case, dear Ivan Tsarevichs, we are once again at a fork in the road, and in front of us is the notorious stone.

If you go straight, you will do everything correctly, according to the canon. That is, spread the muesli in a small layer on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 1.5-2 hours at 120°C. Sometimes you still have to stir.

If you go to the left, you will do the express option quickly. That is, fry the muesli in a dry frying pan, like seeds, stirring constantly. To a brown tint. Guess which path I took?

One way or another, a mountain of homemade baked granola without oil is ready! True, this Everest “sank” too quickly and melted like a snowdrift. Have muesli for breakfast, muesli with tea, just crunch muesli at your leisure... But we don’t regret anything :) Bon appetit!