Apple & Cinnamon Flapjack

This is the closest slimming world friendly recipe I’ve been able to create for flapjack, and trust me I’ve tried a few!  Obviously it’s impossible to recreate buttery flapjack without butter but this moist cake uses quark which has historically been my nemesis so I’m happy to have found a use for it and a change from Muller Lights!  This cooks in the microwave which pretty much breaks my baking rules but it’s good, certainly helps me get over the flapjack cravings.  This comes out at 3.5 syns for the whole thing if it’s your HEB or 9.5 if not.  Number of syns per slice depends how big your slices are!!!

Note:  I like mixed spice and add quite a lot, if you’re not so keen please use a little less.

Ingredients

40g oats (HEB)

2 medium eggs

3 tablespoons sweetener

125g fat free quark

½ an apple (I used a granny smith because I like them)

25g raisins (3.5 syns)

3 teaspoon mixed spice

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Frylite

Method

Spray your silicone (or any microwaveable) bowl with frylight and set to one side

Measure out your oats and add all the ingredients except the apple, give a thorough mix until everything is evenly distributed

Cut your ½ apple into 1cm ish cubes, you want them to cook slightly but not become mushy so they don’t want to be much bigger/smaller.  I do this at the end to stop the apples going brown while I’m faffing about.

Add the apple cubes to the mixture and pour into your microwaveable bowl.  It looks a bit of a sloppy mess but don’t worry, it firms up!

I've found moving any big chunks of apple away from the edges a good idea, only because it helps the sides stay intact and the flapjack not crumble at the edges if that makes sense?  It doesn't matter from a cooking/flavour standpoint it's more of a cutting comment!!

Pour low syn flapjack mix into a microwaveable bowl

Microwave on medium (my microwave has temperatures and I use 600) for about 5 minutes, the flapjack will come away from the sides.  Don’t overcook it or you’ll end up with a brick

The flapjack will come away from the sides slightly when cooked

You can make this flapjack without the apples if you prefer, it’s just as good.

This cake keeps for about 3 days in an airtight container, perfect with some fruit as a different, low syn treat

Low syn apple flapjack

I don’t syn cooked fruit so the whole thing is 3.5 syns when using the oats as your HEB.  If not please add the syns

You can also add different fruits depending on what you like.  So far I've tried:

Raspberry & Apple
I used almond essence for this version...really tasty

Blackberry & Apple
I cut the blackberries so they were small enough not to make the flapjack fall apart...again really good!

Ginger & Sultana
This version doesn't have fruit and is very close to normal flapjack.  I added 1 tablespoon ground ginger (add more if you like it!) and some crystalised ginger cut finely.  I like the heat of the ginger and the sultanas were a good balance. I added 2 syns for the crystalised ginger and cut the cake into about 10 small slices.  Perfect with a cup of tea!