Heinz Cereal Bars

[Nay-nay]

They sure do look great - how many did you get?? 

[allthingscraft]

I made them into 15 bars - about 3" long.

Chelsea thanks for the tips on freezing them - not sure if they will make it to the freezer. DH wants to take them into work tomorrow for his mate (who also has a thermomix) to try.

[salval]

I made these this afternoon & was so excited & thought they tasted really yummy .. & my children don't like them

My 5 year old is so fussy with sweet things  She doesn't like the custard, or any of the cakes, or the hazelnut spread, or Luigi's biscuits. Drives me bananas (cause I have a sweet tooth!)

I ended up taking some to my lovely beautician tonight when I went for a wax  (as I don't want them going to waste!) At least SHE liked them

[cookie1]

 

[ETC]

Ooooooo    so excited! 
I was buying the supermarket brand of these for my son while i was taking him with me to work (as a nanny to 3 other little toddler boys) and always felt guilty as i knew they were mega bad for a one year old but he loved them and it was so easy to just give him one when i was busy with someone else but he wanted mummy. 
I am going to make these today for us.  Some have commented that these dont look very healthy still but i disagree... you can modify to use alternative ingredients and there are no additives/preservatives like the supermarket ones... plus if your going to eat them anyway you may as well make them a little better!

Thank you sooooo much!

[judydawn]

Hi ETC, welcome to the forum with your first posting.  Why not pop over to the Introduce Yourself thread and tell us a bit more about yourself if you have time.  Good luck with the bars, hope the toddlers like them.

[Nay-nay]

Oh welcome ECT! My thoughts exactly. Hope your little ones liked them. 

[ETC]

So I made these and they are YUMMY!  I did an apple, cinnamon and sultana filling and being a bit forgetful forgot to add the baking powder and didnt remember until i was packing up and saw it on the bench!  They were still fantastic though and i would consider never adding the baking powder as they were just like little apple pies! I would make them into a dessert and serve with ice cream!

The whole family loves them - Thanks again Nay Nay!

[judydawn]

Oh yes, the old 'forgot to put something in' problem ETC - sometimes it works out for the better but sometimes I have found a whole plateful of something I forgot to add and have had to quickly remove the dish from the oven and add them in 

[Molly]

Woohoo!!!  I have made a Failsafe Diet version of these.

First I did just pear.

Then I did pear and custard!

Now I'm doing apple and custard!!!!!!  Yummo!!!!

Thank you so much.

http://realfailsafemeals.blogspot.com/2011/09/fruit-custard-pillows.html

[dede]

Thats great Molly. Great to see recipes adapted to suit different needs.

[Nay-nay]

That is such a gret idea!! 

[Brumington]

I made the apple and cinnamon filling for these. Loved the flavour but I got in to so much mess with the filling! Not too sure what I'll do different next time. Perhaps the filling needs to be thicker.  I have loads of filling left which will be frozen and used for more at a later date or would even make a nice filling for an apple crumble/pie. I'm tempted to perhaps cool the pastry in the fridge for a little while next time to make it easier to handle. 

[JAM]

Question:  How do you roll them so 'thin'? 

I made this on the weekend (first time making pastry - so maybe this has a lot to do with it!) but I couldn't roll my sausauge roll any thinner than an actual full sized sausage roll that you would buy from a pir shop!

It didn't matter too much as I just sliced them thin width ways and told DH and DD they were biscuits, lol.

The thinner I triied to make them, the more the pastry would split.  And I couldn't move them once rolled out as they would break - is that normal?

Any tips?

[Emme]

Made these today and they reminded of the date bars from years ago.  Lovely.
Will certainly be making them again DH loved them.

Question:  How do you roll them so 'thin'? 

I made this on the weekend (first time making pastry - so maybe this has a lot to do with it!) but I couldn't roll my sausauge roll any thinner than an actual full sized sausage roll that you would buy from a pir shop!

It didn't matter too much as I just sliced them thin width ways and told DH and DD they were biscuits, lol.

The thinner I triied to make them, the more the pastry would split.  And I couldn't move them once rolled out as they would break - is that normal?

Any tips?

My pastry was quite soft but I divided as in the recipe and use a sheet of baking paper with a little flour on it.  Rolled out the pastry in an oblong shape, spread the date mix down the centre then using the paper folded the edge over and then folded again using the baking paper to roll it over.  Then I cut slices and placed gently on a tray lined with paper.  Hope that makes sense and that it might help
Marie