Healthy Crunchy Muesli Cookies: Easy To Make At Home
Crunchy and crispy muesli cookies are such a delightful healthy option for sweet biscuits. They’re packed with all nutritious dried fruits and nuts with the right amount of sweetness that won’t make you feel guilty about having them.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 20 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- ½ cup salted butter.
- 2 tablespoons demerara sugar.
- 2 tablespoons clear honey.
- 1 cup plain flour/ all-purpose flour.
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder.
- 1 cup lb porridge oats.
- ⅓ cup lb raisins.
- ⅓ cup dried figs.
- ⅓ cup walnut halves.
- ⅓ cup dried cranberries.
- 1-2 teaspoons milk (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Chop all the dried fruits and walnut halves into small pieces.
- 2
Preheat the oven at the gas mark 3/ 160°C/ 320°F.
- 3
Prepare 2 large baking trays. You can either grease them or line them with greaseproof baking paper.
- 4
Place the butter, sugar and honey in a saucepan. Cook at low heat until all is melted. Stir gently to mix and combine. Set aside.
- 5
Sieve the flour into a mixing bowl and add the porridge oats. Give it a stir.
- 6
Then stir in the chopped raisins, figs, cranberries and walnuts.
- 7
Make a well in the centre and pour in the butter mixture as you carefully stir it using a wooden spoon or a spatula.
- 8
Mix well until it becomes a dough. But make sure you don’t knead it. If the dough feels too dry and hard, you can add one teaspoon or two of milk.
- 9
Divide the dough into 20-24 pieces. Roll them into small balls and flatten them to approximately 0.5 cm/ 0.19 inch in thickness. Place the flattened cookie dough on the prepared tray.
- 10
Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes. Leave to cool on the baking trays.