Breakfast Bars

Thursday is my Cantonese lesson, so no dinner last night - probably not a good idea as I feel a little woozy from the beer - I was practicing my ordering ok?

E was dispatched to school with his box of goodies - I bake something on Fridays for his morning meeting, which works out very well as it means I get to bake, which I love, without the consequences of having piles of cookie/cakes sitting around the house for us to eat - I try a couple, and then send the rest away.

So far the Friday meeting have had:

• Brownies
• Chocolate chocolate-chip cookies (Bakers)
• Chocolate chocolate chip cookies (Nigella's) - these were the best cookies, though probably something to do with the fact that they are more chocolate than cookie
• Raspberry Friands
• Buttermilk muffins with choc chips
• Millionaires Shortbread
• Carrot cupcakes
• Lemon Poppyseed cupcakes
  

Todays treat was a chewy breakfast bar - a kind of variation on a flapjack/muesli bar but with no fat and using condensed milk to get a milky taste for the breakfast theme. However, good though they were, I don't think they go moist enough without butter. The great thing with this recipe is rather than buy lots of separate ingredients you can just use a good quality sugar free muesli (such as Dorset Cereals - full of nuts and fruit). Feel free to throw in a bit more to your mix - sesame seeds, raisins, sunflower seeds etc - a rummage in the cupboard will usually produce something.

Take a box (about 800g) of the best sugar free muesli you can find and pour into a large mixing bowl. Warm a can and a half of condensed milk in a pan and when runny add to the muesli and stir until it's all completely coated. Scrape into a baking tin (about 32x22x4 should do it) and bake at 140c for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 15-20 mins before cutting them with a sharp knife into bars, then leave to cook completely - you should get either 16 big ones or 24 small ones.

Enjoy!


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