Flapjacks Made With Coconut Oil Food

EASY VEGAN FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 180˚c (fan oven).
• Place the 125g vegan butter, 90g caster sugar and 90g of golden syrup into a food processor and blitz until the butter is evenly creamed with the sugars.
• Tip in the 250g oats and pulse until the oats have combined with butter. (if using jumbo oats, pulse a little longer until the oats are crumbly and reduced in size.)
• Lightly grease a 20 x 20cm baking tin and tip in the flapjack dough. Press the mixture down gently so it evenly covers the tin. Place into the oven and bake for 13 - 15 minutes until golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and allow the flapjacks to cool for at least 30 minutes before eating. They will be very soft at first but will harden into a wonderful stodgy texture as they cool. Cut the tray into 8 - 12 squares once cooled.

FRUITY FIGGY FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line a 20cm square tin with baking parchment. Put the figs in a small pan with 150ml water and simmer until the liquid has reduced by half. Transfer to a food processor and whizz to a paste.
• Melt the coconut oil and syrup together over a low heat, then stir through the fig paste. Put the oats, dried fruit and nuts in a bowl and mix well, then pour over the wet mixture and stir until combined. Scrape into the tin and bake for 25-30 mins. Leave to cool before cutting into pieces.

VEGAN FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4 and line a 20x20cm/8x8in square tin with baking paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, use a fork to mash the bananas until smooth. Stir in the golden syrup and coconut oil until combined (first quickly melt the coconut oil on low in the microwave if it is solid at room temperature).
• Stir the apricots into the banana mixture with the desiccated coconut, pumpkin seeds, oats and a pinch of flaky sea salt until all of the oats are well coated in the banana mixture.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared tin, using the back of the mixing spoon to press it into the corners of the tin and level the mixture to create a smooth surface.
• Bake the flapjacks in the oven for 30 minutes, or until the top and edges are golden-brown.
• Turn the flapjack out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing into 9 squares. Store in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days.

FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
• In another bowl, beat the eggs and then whisk in the milk and vanilla.
• Melt the butter in a large cast-iron skillet or griddle over medium to medium-low heat.
• Whisk the butter into the milk mixture, add to the flour mixture, and whisk until a thick batter is just formed.
• Keeping the skillet at medium to medium low heat, ladle about 1/4 cup of the batter onto the skillet, to make a pancake. Make one or two more pancakes, taking care to keep them evenly spaced apart. Cook, until bubbles break the surface of the pancakes, and the undersides are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Flip with a spatula and cook about 1 minute more on the second side. Serve immediately or transfer to a platter and cover loosely with foil to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining batter, adding more butter to the skillet as needed.

CHERRY & COCONUT FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 20 x 30cm baking tin with parchment. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a large pan over a medium heat. Once melted, stir in the oats, coating them well.
• Tip ¾ of the mix into the tin and scatter the cherries over the top. Combine the remaining oat mix with the coconut flakes and tip on top of the cherries, making sure a few poke out. Bake for 30 mins, then remove from the oven and allow to cool before slicing into 12 flapjacks.

HEALTHIER FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line an 18cm square tin with baking parchment. Put the dates into a food processor and blitz until they are finely chopped and sticking together in clumps.
• Put the low-fat spread, agave syrup and dates into a saucepan and heat gently. Stir until the low-fat spread has melted and the dates are blended in. Add all the remaining ingredients to the pan and stir until well mixed. Spoon the mixture into the tin and spread level.
• Bake in the oven for 15-20 mins until golden brown. Remove and cut into 12 pieces. Leave in the tin until cold. Store in an airtight container.

OLD FASHIONED FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Preheat griddle so that a drop of water beads when dropped on it.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Combine wet ingredients and beat well. (Do this quickly as the butter will tend to set up when it hits the cold milk).
• Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
• Mix but not too much. Batter will be slightly lumpy.
• Drop a couple tablespoons for each pancake onto hot griddle and cook until bubbles appear in batter and bottom is golden brown.
• Serve with real butter and real maple syrup.