A friend of mine is off work at the moment recovering from a minor operation that she has last weekend. I planned to visit her this morning and wanted to take her something she could enjoy while her children are out at school. I knew that she would be inundated with chocolates, soooo I thought I would make some flapjacks as I know she is rather partial to them!
To combat the fact that she is resting and not as active as normal, and all the chocolates I knew she would be eating whilst bored at home which friends and relatives would have given her, I thought I would try a recipe for some low sugar ones that I found in The Sugar Free Kitchen cookbook which I have been sent to review. The flapjacks I made for her are not completely sugar free as I did not have any rice malt syrup, so I used golden syrup instead. I also did not have any quinoa flour (I had not even heard of it before!), so I used some crushed weetabix instead! Trust me this did work!!!
So here are my Low Sugar Berry Flapjacks
- 115g unsalted butter
- 100g crushed Weetabix (approx 3 biscuits)
- 100g oats
- 2 dsp golden syrup
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 50g blueberries
- 50g raspberries
- Pre heat the oven to 160C /140C (fan)
- Grease and line a loaf tin (I like my flapjacks thick)
- Place the butter and golden syrup in a pan and put on a low heat and melt together
- Place all of the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl
- Pour over the butter and syrup and stir well
- Stir in the blueberries and raspberries carefully
- Pour into your prepared tin and smooth over the top
- Place inside the oven and bake for approx 25 minutes until golden on top
- Leave in the tin for 30 minutes to cool before removing and allow to coll completely before cutting into squares
The recipe had called for an egg which I missed, but I don’t actually know why the egg was needed, as I have never added one to a flapjack recipe before!!
These flapjacks were really delicious – the ginger added a lovely flavour, and they were fruity and gooey and not too sweet. As much as I love flapjacks, and despite me having a sweet tooth, even I find them too sweet sometimes!! My friend said they were lovely too and I must admit after sampling a small piece myself, I will be making them this way again!
I was sent a copy of The Sugar Free Kitchen by Parragon Books as I am a booky buddy, The recipe was my own, inspired by the one featured in the book.
sugar free, handy for diabetics with the rice syrup. glad your friend enjoyed them
these look lovely & definitely something i would prefer as they are less sweet & full of spice! I will have to try them with some raw honey or coconut sugar that I have…
Ooooh that sounds goooood x
Oh those flapjack look lovely. It’s great to see that they are sugar free as flapjack usually contain loads of sugar.