Hazelnut-fig cereal bars

Hey foodies!

This morning I'm sharing another homemade cereal bar recipe with you.

This time with hazelnuts and dried figs. I'll admit the kids preferred my apple-chocolate recipe. But I absolutely loved this one and I'm happy to share it with you! :o)

Here are my hazelnut-fig cereal bars.

To make these cereal bars, you will need the following ingredients:

- 90g dried figs

- 60g hazelnuts

- 60g oat flakes

- 20g puffed rice

- 40g oat clusters

- 50g butter

- 120g sweetened condensed milk

For reference, oat clusters look a lot like Smacks except they're not sweetened. I bought them at Coop if I remember correctly.

Start by cutting 90g of dried figs into small cubes of about 0.5 cm and 60g of hazelnuts into 2 or 3 pieces.

Then pour everything into a large bowl and mix with a spoon.

Then add 60g of oat flakes, 20g of puffed rice and 40g of oat clusters and mix again with a spoon.

Set the mixture aside for a few minutes.

In a saucepan, pour 120g of sweetened condensed milk with 50g of butter and melt the mixture.

The butter must be completely melted. Stir with a spatula or whisk until everything is fully melted.

Once the mixture is hot enough and the butter is melted, pour the mixture over the cereals.

Preheat your oven to 160°C, fan setting.

Then mix the milk/butter with the cereals to get a nice, well-homogeneous mass.

Grab a perforated baking tray and two mini cake moulds.

Fill the cavities 3/4 full and press everything down firmly with a fork so your cereal bars are nice and solid once baked. :o)

Here I almost filled two moulds.

Place your moulds in the preheated oven at 160°C for 20 minutes of baking.

Once baked, let the cereal bars cool for a good 15 minutes in the moulds.

If you unmould them too quickly, they will break.

And here's the result! :o)

Perfect for the 10am break or for a tasty snack on a beautiful Swiss mountain. :o)

The cereal bars keep for 10 days in a tin box. After that they will start to soften.

Happy Sunday foodies!

Karin

P.S.: All the equipment used can be found at the bottom of the recipe.