Banana, Date and Blueberry Flapjacks
Tasty banana, date and blueberry flapjacks are super easy to make, healthy, sweet & delicious. They make a brilliant breakfast or nutritious snack.
I created these delicious banana, date and blueberry flapjacks very early the other morning for a charity cake sale at work.
They were a bit of a last-minute thing, but they turned out great, way beyond my expectations.
My place of work is a nut free zone, so I needed to make something without nuts, now this is very difficult for me as I add nuts almost everything (for protein, crunch and just because they’re delicious!) so although it pained me to do it, they are completely nut free.
The recipe is an adaptation of my banana flapjack recipe and I’ve added lots of seeds and coconut flakes to make up for the lack of nuts.
I sweetened the flapjacks by blitzing dates to make a date paste instead of maple syrup or honey–I’m not sure what I would do without the amazing medjool date! Such a versatile and delicious ingredient, providing natural gooey sweetness to so many sweet treats.
Anyway, these are really tasty!
Ingredients
- 6 medjool dates
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 cups oats
- 1/4 sesame pumpkin and sunflower
- 1/4 cup coconut flakes
- 3 banana mashed
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 1/4 cup blueberries
- Seeds and coconut flakes to sprinkle
Instructions
- Add the dates and water to a mini chopper and blitz to a paste
- Add all the dry ingredients to a bowl, then add the banana, date paste and almond milk.
- Heat the coconut oil in a saucepan on a low heat, when melted add to the bowl. Mix everything thoroughly. The mix should be slightly wet.
- Grease a baking tray with a little coconut oil and then add the mix, pressing into the sides.
- Press a few blueberries into the top of the mixture and then sprinkle over some coconut flakes and seeds.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven (180C), for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a little before dividing into squares.
10 Responses
Hi Niki!
What oven temp do I do for the flapjack bars above? I don’t know what gas mark 6 is :/
Can’t wait to try theses. Thanks 🙂
-Malorie
Hi Malorie
A medium heat would be fine or 200-210c
Love, Niki xx
Hi Niki, perfect thank you – how many ml in the cup? Can’t wait to try out the recipe! Xx
Hey Maia
1 cup of oats is aprox 100g lovely.
Best wishes
Niki xx
Hi, what size cup do you use? And how many does this make?
Hey Maia
The cup is a measuring cup size and you get arox 12 depending how you cut them up.
Best wishes
Niki xxx
bookmarked!!, I like your blog!
Thank you so much! ????
Do you think it would work out substituting the oats with quinoa flakes?
Hi Lori
Yes definitely, that would be a nice alternative giving you a lovely nutty taste.
Niki x