Apple and Cinnamon Muesli

This tasty apple cinnamon muesli has lightly toasted oats, coconut and seeds with cinnamon-spiced apple pieces.

This homemade apple muesli is super easy to throw together. If you've got access to plenty of apples, you can dry your own apple chunks to go in the muesli. If not, store bought dried apples work just as well.

What is the difference between granola and muesli?

Granola and muesli are pretty similar in terms of ingredients but granola tends to be sweeter Granola is always cooked with sweetener to create either baked clusters or loose baked mixture. Muesli can be cooked or uncooked and doesn’t contain as much sweetness as granola does. In most cases, this makes muesli the healthier option.

Dried apples in muesli

The dried apple pieces bring sweetness and a different texture to the muesli. I dry my own. Dried apple makes a great snack in general!

Chop fresh apples into small slices, about 1 ½cm wide and ½cm thick. Toss them in a little cinnamon for extra flavour. If they are organic apples there is no need to peel them either. Around 5-6 fresh apples are enough for this muesli but it can pay to dry a little extra to use for future snacks.

They can be dried in an oven or a dehydrator at around 60°C-65°C/140°F-149°F until completely dry. The apples will soften again over time but you need to ensure they are dried out completely so that they will store long-term. This can take around 8 hours depending on the dehydrator or oven used, as well as the size of the apple pieces.

If using store bough dried apples, these usually come in rings. Chop them up into little ½cm pieces for this apple muesli.

Step by step instructions

Oats, desiccated coconut, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and cinnamon make the base of the muesli. You can use quick rolled oats or old-fashioned rolled oats for this, and change up the seeds for others or substitute with nuts instead.

It's very versatile!

The seeds are coated in a mixture of honey and vegetable oil (or butter) and tossed together. Then it's baked for 15 minutes, and tossed occasionally until the muesli is lightly toasted.

After baking the apples are added in.

This muesli can be made ahead of time and stays fresh for up to a month in an airtight container. It can also be frozen for up to three months.

Super simple and super delicious!

If apple isn't your thing, try this dried strawberry and macadamia muesli instead.

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Yield: 450g

Apple and Cinnamon Muesli

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Lightly toasted apple and cinnamon muesli with dried apple pieces

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Dehydrating Time 8 hours

Total Time 8 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

Dried Apples

• 5-6 apples
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

Muesli

• 3 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup dessicated coconut
• ½ cup sunflower seeds
• ½ cup pumpkin seeds
• 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup coconut oil (or light olive oil or butter)
• ⅓ cup honey
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cup chopped dried apple pieces*

Instructions

Apples

1. Chop the apples in small slices, about 1 ½ cm wide and ½ cm thick. Coat with cinnamon.
   
2. In a dehydrator or oven, dry at 60°C-65°C/140°F-149°F for around 8 hours until completely dried.

Museli

1. Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F.
2. On an oven tray, combine the oats, coconut, seeds and cinnamon. Toss them together.
3. In a saucepan melt together the coconut oil, honey and salt. Pour this over the oat mixture and toss to coat.
4. Bake for around 15 minutes, stirring it every 5 minutes to bake it evenly.
5. Remove it from the oven and let it cool before adding in the dried apple pieces.
6. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a month. It can also be frozen for up to three months.

Notes

*Store bought dried apple rings work well for this muesli if you're not drying your own. Chop the rings into small 1cm pieces.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

10

Serving Size:

1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 285Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 477mgCarbohydrates: 39gFiber: 5gSugar: 18gProtein: 5g