Phil Vickery's banana and pine nut flapjacks - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Phil Vickery’ s banana and pine nut flapjacks By You Magazine - May 19, 2019 The addition of bananas gives these flapjacks a lovely soft texture and delicious flavour. Using the natural sweetness of the fruit means that you can use less sugar. The banana also helps to make the resulting flapjack nice and moist, meaning you can use less butter. Tara Fisher MAKES 12 JUST £3 100g salted butter 3 tbsp runny honey 60g light brown sugar 350g porridge oats 50g pine nuts, lightly toasted 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 2 large ripe bananas (roughly 250g) 1. Preheat the oven to 190C/gas 5. Line a shallow, 23cm-square baking tin with greaseproof paper. 2. Place the butter, honey and sugar in a large pan and melt together over a medium heat. Or you can gently warm in a microwave for 3-4 minutes on medium setting. 3. Stir the oats, pine nuts and cinnamon into the melted mixture.Roughly mash the bananas with a fork, then add to the oat mix. Spoon into the lined tin, level and press down slightly. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden; I tend to slightly undercook, otherwise the flapjack can become crunchy. 4. Remove and gently cut into 12 pieces three-quarters of the way through, then leave to cool completely. Once cooled, finish cutting with a sharp knife. TIP Bananas may get a bad rap for being high in carbs and sugar, but they’re much healthier alternatives to flour and are great sources of vitamin B6, manganese, potassium and fibre. BUY THE BOOK WITH 20 PER CENT OFF Save Money Good Diet by Phil Vickery will be published by Kyle Books on 30 May, price £14.99. As well as brilliant recipes, there’s useful advice on eating healthily on a budget from nutrition therapist Ian Marber and every dish comes with a full nutrition breakdown. To order a copy for £11.99 until 2 June, visit mailshop.co.uk/books or call 0844 571 0640; p&p is free on orders over £15. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved