Hope you are doing well and managing to cope in these cold Winter months! once March is here and the evenings get even longer I am sure we will all feel better... There are signs of Spring in our garden so lots of hope it won't take long now.
I wanted to share with you the idea of making your own flapjacks - maybe you already do, but to me this was a new idea and I am not much of a sweet tooth, but, I wanted to get something filling and not too expensive that would stop me spending in the shops. It's great to have as a snack at work or keep in a bag when travelling, or add to kids lunchboxes.
I have tried my own variations, and this is a good basic recipe to start with:
http://www.flapjackrecipe.com/healthy/
Porridge ensures you have slow release energy. It has less butter and less sugar than other recipes I have seen. What I tend to do is reduce the sugar a little more, and add raisins for example to increase sweetness more naturally. Also no need to use heavy maple syrup, honey is just fine.
To this I also add broken walnuts and also sunflower seeds, for added crunch (plus sunflower seeds are so inexpensive and very good for you.)
A tray that's low and square is best, mine happens to be rectangular from Sainsburys to I just pad out the mix.
They only take half an hour in our fan oven, and when you remove the tray you just need to score the mix lightly where you want to cut, allow to cool, then cut and place on a wire rack if you have one.
I do other variations like:
- grated apple and cinnamon
- mashed banana and walnut
- cranberry and dessicated coconut
- chocolate chips and hazelnut
Be warned, you can freeze them however they go down so quickly you may not have time to!
Experiment and have fun!
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