Granola and yoghurt baubles
With muesli and dried fruits, these edible Christmas baubles are a fun Christmas baking project to embark on, and mean you're never short of decorations for the tree. Lisa Allen coats the sticky cereal mix in a yoghurt syrup that means you can decorate to your heart's content, before hanging on the tree with liquorice (or strawberry) shoelaces. To keep for longer, wrap the baubles in foil and decorate as you wish.
Ingredients
- 100g of dried apricots , diced
- 220g of nut-free muesli
- 80g of brown sugar
- 50g of unsalted butter , melted
- 75ml of honey
- 120g of caster sugar
- 80ml of natural yoghurt
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tbsp of butter
- 100g of desiccated coconut
- red food colouring
- blue food colouring
- edible glitter
- 2 long thin liquorice strips
Equipment
- Sugar thermometer
Method
1
Combine the muesli, apricots and sugar in a blender and pulse until finely chopped
- 220g of nut-free muesli
- 100g of dried apricots , diced
- 80g of brown sugar
2
Add the honey and butter and blitz again - until the mixture holds together when squeezed
- 75ml of honey
- 50g of unsalted butter , melted
3
Roll the muesli mixture into golf ball-sized balls and place on a tray lined with parchment paper. Store in the fridge for 30 minutes, or until set
4
Combine the yoghurt, sugar and maple syrup in a heavy-based saucepan over a medium flame. Heat until a sugar thermometer reads 107˚C, approximately 10-15 minutes
- 80ml of natural yoghurt
- 140g of caster sugar
- 1 tsp maple syrup
5
Remove from the heat and stir in the butter and vanilla until melted and combined. Allow to cool to a luke-warm temperature before using
- 1 tbsp of butter
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
6
To make the colourful desiccated coconut, divide the coconut into 3 and place 2 portions into separate resealable bags
- 50g of desiccated coconut
7
Add a few drops of blue food colouring to one bag and a few drops of red to the other. Shake the bags vigorously to cover the coconut in colouring. If it is not well-covered enough, add a couple more drops and shake again
- red food colouring
- blue food colouring
8
Remove the cold muesli balls from the fridge and coat in the yoghurt mix, followed by the plain, blue and red coloured coconut and a sprinkling of edible glitter. Place on a wire rack and leave to set in the fridge
- edible glitter
9
Once set, use a thick skewer to pierce a hole all the way through each ball. Feed the liquorice strips through the hole, tying at the other end to hold in place
10
Use the baubles to decorate a Christmas tree, or place in an airtight container and store in the fridge
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