Name: Reindeer food
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 150g porridge oats; 150g jumbo oats; 50g mixed nuts; 25g pumpkin seeds; 25g sunflower seeds; 50g golden caster sugar; 4 tbsp sunflower oil; 2 tbsp maple syrup; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp mixed spice; ½ tsp ground ginger; 100g sultanas; 100g apricots chopped; mixture of sweets (we used silver balls, chocolate beans, jelly sweets and hundreds and thousands)

Let the kids create a snack for Rudolf and his hard-working reindeer team. This crunchy granola also makes a delicious breakfast on Christmas morning

Ingredients

150g porridge oats

150g jumbo oats

50g mixed nuts

25g pumpkin seeds

25g sunflower seeds

50g golden caster sugar

4 tbsp sunflower oil

2 tbsp maple syrup

½ tsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp mixed spice

½ tsp ground ginger

100g sultanas

100g apricots chopped

mixture of sweets (we used silver balls, chocolate beans, jelly sweets and hundreds and thousands)

Instructions

1 Heat oven to 140C/120C fan/gas 1. Put all the ingredients (except the apricots, sultanas and sweets) in a large bowl. Stir everything well, then spread out onto two baking trays in an even layer. Put the tray in the oven for 40 mins.

2 Leave the granola to cool on the tray, then break it up into small chunks and stir in the sultanas and apricots.

3 Put the granola in a jar ready for breakfast. To make it suitable for magic reindeer, put a few spoonfuls into a small paper bag and mix in some sweets.

4 Tie with string or a ribbon and add a fun label for Father Christmas to find.