The perfect lunch box snack!
Save money and make your own energy boosting muesli bars that are filled with nutritious oats and seeds and are nut-free – perfect for school!
Air Fryer Muesli Bars
Prep Time – 20 mins
Cook Time – 40 mins
Makes – 12 Bars
Ingredients
2 cups (180g) rolled oats
⅓ cup (50g) sunflower seeds
¼ cup (50g) pepitas
125g dried apricots
2 tablespoons white chia seeds
2 tablespoons boiling water
⅓ cup (25g) desiccated coconut
100g butter, chopped
⅓ cup (75g) firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Method
- Process 1 cup (90g) oats until the consistency of desiccated coconut. Add sunflower seeds and pepitas; pulse briefly until a few are coarsely chopped. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Process apricots, chia seeds and the boiling water until finely chopped; add to the bowl with coconut.
- Stir butter, sugar, honey and cinnamon in a medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves and mixture is smooth; stir into oat mixture until combined, then stir in remaining oats.
- Remove the basket from the pan of a 5.3-litre air fryer and place on a sheet of baking paper; trace around the base. Cut out shape 2cm larger than the marked tracing. Grease basket and line with the paper cut-out.
- Press oat mixture very firmly over the paper; use the base of a glass or an offset spatula to compact the mixture. Insert the basket back into the air fryer pan; at 140°C, cook for 40 minutes.
- Remove the basket from the air fryer pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely. Using the paper as an aid, lift the slice from the basket and transfer to a board; cut into 12 bars.
Notes – Muesli bars will keep in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Source – womensweeklyfood.com.au/recipe