Homemade Muesli

This easy muesli recipe can be adapted to suit your personal muesli preference. Homemade muesli can be made ahead for an easy homemade breakfast.

Easy Homemade Muesli

Ever since I was really small, my dad has made his own muesli. He makes it in two big bowls in the microwave, with oil and honey. He always uses the same big silver spoon that belonged to my gran to measure the honey, and he warms it up in his cup of tea before he uses it to make sure the honey slides off easily.

All the ingredients are in little zip-loc bags, and jammed into an ice cream container that lives in the fridge in our washhouse. I always used to make him let me know when he was making it (it's normally really early in the morning) so that I could get up and help. I was allowed to help measure out the ingredients, stir the muesli (which always ended with more on the bench than in the bowl), and push the buttons on the microwave.

If it was winter time, he used to let me burn a magazine in the fire a page at a time, which is still one of my favourite things to do when the fire is lit. When it got to a more reasonable time, I was allowed to carry a cup of tea down the hallway to Mum. Mornings with him were, and still are, the best.

Dad's Muesli Recipe

When I moved to New York I continued to make Dad's muesli. This is my take on it! The great thing about this is that you can literally add whatever you would like to it! You can fill it with any variety of seeds, nuts, dried fruit, the list is endless.

I like mine to be quite 'hard' (lots of nuts and seeds and crunchy things) but if you were wanting it to be a little less chewy you could stir through some puffed wheat and cornflakes. I love it as a quick breakfast if I don't feel like making something hot, and more recently I have been throwing some into a mason jar with some greek yoghurt and fresh fruit or jam, and taking it with me for a breakfast on the go. 

This recipe doubles/triples/quadruples really well. I generally make about four times the recipe that I have listed here, which makes a HEAP of muesli, but with little extra effort than if you were making the smaller amount. Just ensure that you use a large enough tray in the oven (I use a large deep roasting dish). It makes amazing care packages and gifts for friends, people always always love receiving it! 

I did a little research on the difference between muesli and granola - In New Zealand we call any oat based breakfast cereal Muesli, but apparently granola is much more clumpy, whereas muesli is looser. You learn something new every day!

For more related recipes, check out:

• Apple Cinnamon Rolls
• Salted Caramel Chocolate Ganache Brioche Doughnuts
• Banana cake with chocolate buttercream
• Banana Shortbread
• Doughnut sprinkle cake

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A note on salt and oven temperature

It is important to note the type of salt that is called for in a recipe. I use Diamond Crystal salt throughout my recipes - if you use a different sort of kosher salt or regular table salt you will need to adjust accordingly as some salt is 'saltier' than others. Morton's salt is twice as salty, so you will need half the quantity. Same goes for a regular table salt. I am working to get gram measurements throughout my recipes for salt but still getting there.

All oven temperatures are conventional unless otherwise stated. If you are baking on fan / convection, you will need to adjust the temperature. An oven thermometer is a great investment to ensure that your oven is the correct temperature.

Using the double / triple function in the recipe card

You will notice that there is a '1X' '2X' '3X' button in my recipe card. This can be used for doubling or tripling a recipe. However, please note that this only doubles the ingredient quantities in the ingredients list and NOT in the method. If there are quantities or pan sizes in the method of the recipe (for example weigh out 150g brown butter), you will need to scale this number manually. It will also not change the baking time in the recipe so you will need to adjust this yourself too. It is always a good idea to read through a recipe fully before doubling it just to check this. If you would like to scale this recipe or convert for another pan size, use my calculator!

Tools and equipment

For a list of my go-to tools and equipment, I have a post you can refer to here.

Why is this recipe in grams?

I post my recipes in grams as it is the most accurate way to bake. Cups are not only inaccurate but they vary in volume worldwide. There is no way for me to provide one cup measure that works for everyone. However, posting in weight fixes this issue. If you would like the recipe in cups you are welcome to convert it yourself via google, but please do not ask me to do it for you as I am not comfortable providing a recipe using a method that I have not tested. Baking with a scale is easy, accurate, and also makes cleanup super simple. Here is the scale that I use if you would like a recommendation! Here's to accurate baking!

Homemade Muesli Recipe

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