Swiss-Style Cereal (Muesli)

Name: Swiss-Style Cereal (Muesli)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 8 cups
Ingredients: 1 cup whole filberts; 1 cup whole blanched almond; 3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats; 3/4 cup sweetened wheat germ; 1 cup dried currant; 2/3 cup finely chopped dried apricot; 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar; milk (optional) or cream (optional); fresh fruit (such as sliced bananas or strawberries or canned mandarin oranges) (optional)

Submitted by Hey Jude

"Need some fiber? Here ya go! This is great served for a nutritious breakfast with milk and/or fruit or you can pack it into small ziploc bags to pack for energy food on hiking trips. This is a flexible recipe...don't like dried currants? Use dried cranberries, etc."

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Ready In:: 23mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 8 cups

ingredients

1 cup whole filberts
1 cup whole blanched almond
3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
³⁄₄ cup sweetened wheat germ
1 cup dried currant
²⁄₃ cup finely chopped dried apricot
³⁄₄ cup firmly packed brown sugar
milk (optional) or cream (optional)
fresh fruit (such as sliced bananas or strawberries or canned mandarin oranges) (optional)

directions

Spread the filberts on a rimmed baking sheet, and the almonds on another; bake in a 350° oven for 5-8 minutes, or until very lightly browned; shake pans occasionally.
Let nuts cool; rub filberts in your hands to loosen as much of the brown exterior as possible, then blow or fan off the chaff, chop filberts and almonds coarsely (chop in a hand chopper, rather than a food processor, which may turn the nuts into butter!)
Blend nuts with oats, wheat germ, currants, apricots, and sugar.
Store in a tightly closed container at room temperature.
Serve in bowls with milk or cream; top with fruit if you like or pack it up to take camping or back-packing!