Here is an idea for a flapjack that came to me when I was buying some of those breakfast cereal bars for after school snacks. You know the ones? Oats and dried fruits topped with a yoghurt icing. Children love them and they fit comfortably into the school bag and serve a purpose of being a stop gap between school and home.
Iced raspberry banana flapjacks
I decided to have a go at making them for myself and the results are a resounding success. They got a thumbs up from the children. Does that now mean I have to make batches of them each week, well if I do it isn’t too much of a big deal. They take a meagre 5 minutes to mix together and 20 minutes in the oven apart from the icing bit.
Iced raspberry banana flapjacks
A word of warning to the crunchy flapjack aficionados. These iced raspberry banana flapjacks are of the chewy variety. If you are looking for crunch then this may not be the recipe for you. They do have a perfectly scrumptious contrast between the sweetness of the icing and the sharpness of the raspberries both within and on top of the flapjacks. They would also make a welcome addition, if broken up, to a bowl of cereal or served with natural yoghurt.
Iced raspberry banana flapjacks
Here are some other flapjack delights from around the web:
Chocolate drizzle flapjacks – Fab Food 4 All
Honey & ginger flapjacks – Blue Kitchen Bakes
Lemony sunflower seed flapjacks – The Botanical Baker
Rhubarb flapjacks – The Crazy Kitchen
Date flapjacks- My Custard Pie
Fresh blueberry flapjacks – Tinned Tomatoes
Bakewell flapjacks – Fishfingers for tea
I am linking my flapjacks to the following challenges:
Credit Crunch Munch (home made are always cheaper than shop bought, especially if they are using up blackened bananas!) – A New addition, Fab food 4 All & Fuss Free Flavours
Bake of the week – Casa Costello
Iced raspberry & banana flapjacks
Ingredients
- 250 g Oats
- 100 g Frozen raspberries broken into pieces
- 2 Small bananas mashed
- 125 g Unsalted butter
- 100 g Demerara sugar
- 4 tbsp Golden syrup
- To decorate 🙂
- Glace icing
- Freeze dried raspberry pieces
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees,
Line a rectangular or square baking tin with baking parchment,
Measure the oats into a mixing bowl,
Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan,
Pour the melted mixture over there oats and stir well,
Add in the mashed bananas and mix well,
Fold in the frozen raspberry pieces but do not over mix or they will break,
Tip the mixture into the lined baking tray and squash down with the back of a spoon,
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
Let the flapjacks cool completely before decorating with the icing.
- To decorate:)
- Drizzle lines of glace icing over the flapjacks using a spoon or by placing the icing into an icing bag. Sprinkle over the freeze dried raspberries then chop into bars or squares.
Such a pretty and lovely twist on one of childhood faves, really liking the frozen banana x
Thanks Deena, you are right everyone has a version of flapjacks that becomes their own.
Wow Laura these look so inviting… I’ve never really perfected making flapjacks but you’ve inspired me to get the jar of oats down from the cupboard and have another crack at it. Yum!
Well if you like the chewy style flapjacks you will love these Katie. They also keep well in the fridge. These ones are so quick, only 20 minutes in the oven 🙂
Gorgeous! I’ve never thought of icing flapjacks. Great idea!
Thanks Jac, they definitely have massive kid appeal with the added icing!
Perfect mid-morning snack with a cup of tea. Thanks for linking up too.
Yes Sally, I don’t drink much tea but I did when I was eating these. The prefect combination!
Love, love, love the sound of these flapjacks as I bet the banana makes them slightly chewy and the raspberry’s give it a lovely fruitiness too. Thank you for entering #creditcrunchmunch
Thanks Camilla, yes they are definitely chewy not crunchy in texture. I am happy with this but then I like flapjacks in any shape or form!
I love a chewy flapjack! These look so pretty Laura. Thank you for linking to my bakewell ones too.
No problem Sian, seems lots of us like the chewy ones!
I like a good chewy flapjack – no crunch for me please. These look so pretty Laura, I think they’d be hard to resist whatever the consistency.
So kind Chocolette, I can say they taste good regardless of the texture. A dividing factor but I think chewy are just as good as crunchy and the raspberries add a nice sharpness to these oaty treats!
Oh my days, how lovely are these? I am definitely making these for my daughter’s next visit home from uni. I even have freeze-dried raspberries – whole AND pieces. Talk about prepared. I should have been a girl scout 😉 Sharing this! PS great images too.
Oh how lovely is that. I am sure that most sweet things can be enhanced by the addition of glace icing and pretty pink raspberry pieces. But the flapjacks are good too!
These sound fantastic Laura. Never thought of rasps and banana together before, but I think I would love them, especially in a flapjack!
I have been using frozen raspberries for a while now as I have them to add to my Froothie smoothies. The nuggets of freeze dried raspberries are such a good store cupboard ingredient and so tasty and attractive!
Oooh I love these. So much better than those cereal bars and I love the raspberry bits. Perfect come home snack for my eldest
Yes, those cereal bars can be mimicked and bettered by us bloggers who love to bake!
I LOVE flapjack! Not sure I’ve ever had iced flapjack before but now I’m wondering why not?! Looks awesome!!
Well there you go Becca, I think a little icing works well and helps stick on the freeze dried raspberries.
Got to try these they look & sound utterly lush!
I make so many flapjacks, literally every week, but I really like the look of these and I have both bananas and frozen raspberries to hand so……
Great news Anna, always good to keep fruit in the freezer to use up in bakes like this!
Laura these are the best. Made them 2 days ago and they are all gone!!! Kids loved them so I’m about to make more – Real Hit. Yummy, another winner. Jules
How brilliant Jules, so pleased to hear that! Lovely to hear from you, looks like you are having an amazing time back in NZ xx
These look amazing Laura, far better than bought cereal bars. I need to start making treats like this now that Ed needs a packed lunch most days.
Oh yes Helen, these keep for ages in the fridge. Sounds like Ed is working then!
Mmm, great snack idea Laura 😀 I left a link to this recipe on my latest blog post ‘vegan raspberry chia bars’ 🙂 x
Pleased you like them Nadia :))