Hi Bold Bakers! Welcome to a brand new year of Bigger Bolder Baking. We’re gonna kick
things off here with something you probably didn't know you could make at home, breakfast
cereal. It takes just a few ingredients, no special equipment, and it tastes even better
than store-bought. As always the recipe can be found on BiggerBolderBaking.com and make
sure you check out my website because I've got oven 500 recipes and lots more videos
over there. Okay, let's get started in a nice big bowl. So the cereal that we’re making
is bran flakes, now one of the key ingredients there is whole wheat flour. Whole wheat flour
is really good for you. It is full of vitamin B, iron, calcium, protein, it is the whole
wheat kernel smashed. There's germ in here, there is bran, so all the good stuff that
you don't have in white flour. So I'm gonna add that into my bowl. So the next ingredient
that makes this cereal really good for you is wheat bran, also known as bran. Now you
can easily get this in most supermarkets, I'm also gonna put a link online on my website
of where you can buy this, it’s really inexpensive. Now what bran is it is a layer of the wheat
kernel, it is really high in minerals and a really great source of fiber. Super good
for you, it is generally what's stripped away during the processing of flour, so we’re
gonna add that back in. So our next ingredient is a very important one because it actually
holds everything together, it is ground flax. Ground flax is a great source of Omega-3 fatty
acids, all these good fats that you want. It’s really fantastic, you see me use this
as an egg replacement sometimes, it’s really great, have a pack of it in your cupboard
and then you always have some to hand. And you can also buy this easily in most supermarkets.
Then of course we’re gonna add in a little bit of salt, because salt just brings out
the flavor in all the other ingredients. And then with a spatula just mix all of these
ingredients together. So I thought that this was a really good recipe to kick off the New
Year, so I'm gonna put the nutritional value, the calorie count, all of that stuff, on the
website. Okay, this looks good, that's our dry ingredients, now let’s mix together
our wet. So into a separate jug we’re gonna add in some water, a little bit of flavorless
oil, I'm using vegetable oil, you can also use coconut oil, so now my secret ingredient
is molasses, also known as treacle, and this just adds a lot of depth and kind of a caramel
flavor to your breakfast cereal. If you don't have this you can also replace it with honey.
And then just mix your wet ingredients together with a fork. Simply add your wet ingredients
into your dry and with a spatula mix it all together. So you'll only get so far with your
spatula what you want to do is get in there with your hands and pull it together. What
we’re looking for is a dough that's kind of on the drier side than the wet. So now
the treacle in this cereal does add a little bit of sweetness but if you want it a little
bit sweeter you can also add in two tablespoons of brown sugar into your dry ingredients,
but to be honest with you I don't think it needs it, especially if you're going to have
it with bananas, milk, all that sort of stuff. So my dough is a little bit dry, no it’s
not coming together so I'm going to add in a tiny bit more water, just less than a tablespoon,
and then just keep on forming it until it makes a ball. Perfect, I've got a ball of
dough, I've got a clean bowl, that means that we did something right, now our next step
is to roll this out. So here I have nice clean rimless baking tray, I like this tray to make
this cereal because it has no edges so it makes it really easy to roll, however you
can use any cookie sheet or tray that you have. Just make sure that it’s nice and
big. So first things first you want to brush your tray with a little bit of vegetable oil,
and this will just make sure that your cereal will peel away once its baked. Greasing your
tray also makes it so much easier to roll out your dough. So here I have my dough, onto
my tray, gonna push it down a little bit. So on top of your dough I'm gonna put a nice
big sheet of parchment paper. To make your life easier when rolling out your cereal,
put a tea towel underneath your tray and it just holds it in place. And I've got my rolling
pin and all you have to do is just roll out your dough as thin as you can. The thinner
you roll out your dough, the nice your cereal will be. So it might take a few minutes, but
just keep on going and get it as thin as possible. Don't worry because you can’t get it too
thin. So it’ll take a few minutes to get this really nice and thin, what you're going
for is getting it as thin as a cracker, so really crisp. Just keep going. Perfect so
I think I've rolled my dough as thin as I possibly can. Now it’s time to pop it into
the oven. So you want to bake your cereal off at 300ºF/150ºC for roughly 50 minutes
or until it gets nice and dry and crisp. So once of the reasons I love to eat this cereal
in the morning is because it’s made of complex carbs which means that they're slow releasing,
so it’ll keep you full for much longer, so it’s a really great way to start out
your day and keep you going until lunchtime. So it’s been 50 minutes and our cereal smells
amazing, you can tell when it’s done because you can see by looking at it that it’s nice
and dry and crisp and that’s exactly what we want. So right now just set this over to
the side for around 20 minutes or so and let it cool down completely. So this next part
is the fun part, how we’re gonna make cereal out of this big sheet is simply cracking it.
And just break it up into small little pieces just like you would with cereal. Just break
your cereal up until you have bite-sized pieces. Store your finished cereal in an airtight
container for up to 3-4 weeks. It’ll make around 3 cups of cereal. Enjoy your cereal
with milk and you can even add in fruit like raisins for an all-natural sweetness. Like
I said earlier, even better than store bought, and definitely crunchy. I love when you can
take something that's normally store bought and make it from scratch and this is a perfect
example of it. Mm. I'm thrilled with the results of this cereal so let me know in the comments
below what other cereals you'd like to see me make from scratch. And I’ll see you back
here really soon for more Bigger Bolder Baking.