Swiss-style Cereal (muesli)

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

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)

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 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!)
• 3 blend nuts with oats, wheat germ, currants, apricots, and sugar.
• 4 store in a tightly closed container at room temperature.
• 5 serve in bowls with milk or cream; top with fruit if you like or pack it up to take camping or back-packing!