15 Minute Fruity Flapjack

author:Susannah White
Snack
15Mins
6people
15 Minute Fruity Flapjack
Description
Due to me having a back injury, my eight year old son has taken on a large part of the cooking in our household.  Together we're creating new recipes that he is able to do fairly quickly.  We wanted to create an easy plant-based flapjack recipe that didn't require any special equipment.  
Ingredients
  • 1 mug oats
  • Equivalent to 1 large pureed cooked eating apple - approx 150-200g (two baby fruit pots would work well - we're going to try apple and plum flavour next time)
  • 1 generous tablespoon nut butter
  • 1 tbsp jam (optional - we used elderberry)
Directions
  1. If you are cooking an apple, core it and place in a dish in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes until it's soft and then use a stick blender to mush it up - we removed the skin as it had burnt in places
  2. (Alternatively, tip contents of fruit pots into a bowl)
  3. Mix in the nut butter (and jam, if you're including it)
  4. Mix in the oats thoroughly
  5. Press into a baking dish and bake (Gas mark 4) for about 10 minutes
  6. Allow to cool before cutting into pieces

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