Sugar free banana and date flapjacks

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Sugar free banana and date flapjacks from MaeBee

dairy free egg free gluten free nut free kids can help can make in advance vegetarian low fat
Category
Biscuit and sweets recipes
Serves2 - 20 depending!
Prep time 5 mins
Cook time25 mins

Mumsnetter ratings

based on (5) reviews
Ease of finding ingredients 9.875
Ease of cooking9.412
Success with kids9.286
Success with adults8.438
Overall Mark 9

Ingredients

2-3 small bananas (sliced)
1 cup dates (chopped)
2 cups oats
80ml vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla essence

Handy Hint

Cut into squares while still warm.

Method

1. Mash the bananas in a large bowl.
2. Add the dates and oil to the bananas and mix together.
3. Stir in the oats and the vanilla essence and
leave for 5 mins, so the oats absorb the oil.
4. Spoon the mixture into a well greased baking tray and bake at 175C or gas mark 5 for about 25 minutes.
5. Serve.

Mumsnetter Reviews

From: sunnydays81 on Sun 06-May-12 19:06:43 Overall rating: 10.0
Love this recipe and my little boy loves it too, so much so that I have to hide it after I have cooked it!! As well as dates I add any other dried fruit that I have in the cupboard too, dried cranberries are a favourite, I also sometimes add desiccated coconut or cinnamon too!! Very yummy!
From: mumramum on Wed 20-Jul-11 18:53:56 Overall rating: 10.0
i made these with oatmeal instead of oats - they turned out a bit like the porridge bars you can buy, they tasted good to me and sweet enough. im planning on trying them with apple added too next time. they did the trick at staving off my huge breastfeeding appetite and meant i didn't eat my usual half packet of chocolate biscuits so thumbs up from me.
From: istillpassthepenciltest on Fri 18-Mar-11 16:12:20 Overall rating: 10.0
These are AWESOME. Not only do I feel like I'm feeding my 2 something vaguely healthy but I could easily eat the entire lot myself. I used bananas that had gone completely black on the outside and they are deliciously yielding...
From: turdass on Wed 09-Mar-11 14:04:06 Overall rating: 6.5
Made them and whilst they were okay-ish, still didn't enjoy them thaat much. I think we need the sugary hit that comes from ordinary syrupy flapjacks.
From: Elena67 on Tue 08-Mar-11 15:10:43 Overall rating: 9.5
thanks for the 'cup' advice. These are fab - my 8 month old absolutely loves them. We adults like them too, but our taste buds are corrupted by all the years of sugar so they're a little bit 'healthfood' for my taste!



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