My kids used to love a flapjack in their lunchboxes or waiting for them after school as they bounded through the door and these coconut and cherry flapjacks make a rather yummy change from the usual gooey original flapjacks I generally make as our regular go-to's.
Course: Healthy Snacks, Sweets & Treats
Cuisine: Clean Eating
Keyword: Coconut and cherry flapjacks
Servings: 12squares
Author: Stephanie
Ingredients
1¼CupsOatmeal
⅔CupButter
½CupShredded coconut
3CupsCherries Fresh, pitted, halved
3tbspMaple syrup100% pure
2tbspCoconut sugar
Instructions
Heat your oven up to 190f or 350c and line a square 8 inch tin with parchment paper and then rub the paper with a little butter to stop the flapjack sticking
Put the oatmeal and shredded coconut in a large mixing bowl and put it to one side
On the stove melt the butter and coconut sugar in a small pan over a really low heat, stirring it to make sure it doesn't burn
The the melted butter and sugar off the heat and stir in the maple syrup and then add this to the coconut and oatmeal mixture and combine it really well making sure all the oatmeal and shredded coconut is covered in the butter mixture
Stir through the halved cherries (gently so they don't break!) and then scoop the flapjack mix into the lined tin
Using the back of a spoon, push the mixture into the pan so it's compacted and flat on the surface
Bake the flapjack for 15 minutes until golden on the top and then take it out of the oven
The flapjack will harden up as it cools, so wait until it's cooled before cutting it into slices. To get a neat cut, turn the flapjack over and cut in from the underneath up :)