I’ve seen various recipes for using banana in flapjacks over the years, but keep forgetting to try it myself. When I saw this recipe over at Jam and Clotted Cream last week, I bookmarked it immediately. I had two old bananas left over from the banana and peanut butter cake that were in dire need of using up and sadly, for a Jubiliee weekend, we had no cakes, bakes or other goodies in the house. Time to try out some banana flapjacks!
This is how I did it:
- Melted 150g of unsalted butter in a pan with 1 tbsp of syrup and 50g white chocolate (G&B)
- Mashed 2 bananas in a large bowl.
- Stirred in 60g soft brown sugar.
- Stirred in 50g desiccated coconut.
- Mixed in butter mixture until all incorporated.
- Stirred in 300g rolled oats.
- Pressed into a 9″ square silicone mould and sprinkled with sesame seeds.
- Baked for 20 minutes at 180C.
- Left to cool then cut into 16 squares.
These smelt gorgeous whilst cooking and were very tasty to eat – not too sweet and not too bananary (if such a word exists). Banana and coconut are a well matched pair and the tropical flavourwas really good. They were just how I like flapjacks to be, crisp on the outside and chewy in the middle.
I am submitting this to Bookmarked Recipes run by Jac of Tinned Tomatoes and started by Ruth of Ruth’s Kitchen Experiments.
Coconut and bananas is an unbeatable combination of flavors. This sounds wonderful! Please do visit soon! Blessings to you, Catherine
Thank you Catherine, you are so right, they pair very well together 🙂
I quite like bananas in flapjacks – as you’ve found, the middle always seems to stay soft and slightly gooey rather than being crispy. Yum!
Yes, a new tip for me C, but one I shall be using again.
I’ve never heard of putting banana in flapjacks but it sounds delicious. Lovely and summery with the coconut.
Thanks Jo, it was a new one for me too, but it works so well.
Great recipe Choclette. I put banana in my flapjacks most of the time now, it makes them loely and moist. It was Shaheen over at Allotment 2 Kitchen who gave me the idea and Cooper loves them.
Good on Shaheen, it’s a great idea and so good for little Cooper.
Oh fruit portion! They look great, very tasty.
Yes, those five a day are so tough 😉
These look like an interesting little number! I’ve never thought about putting banana in a flapjack…and with coconut too but I bet it works beautifully…it also makes me wish I was on holiday somewhere on a tropical island! 🙂
Thanks Laura – with the weather we’re having I think we all want to be on a tropical island 🙁
Oh wow these sound so good and I can almost smell them coming out the oven-thank you so much for coming up with this one!
GD, thank you, I do my best 😀
I must try bananas in flapjacks next time. I’ll have mine without the coconut please 🙂
You and your coconut aversion Ros 😉
I had flapjacks for the first time in England and I liked them straight away! This combination of coconut banana and chocolate seems extremely yummy!
Flapjacks do seem to be a peculiarly British bake Alida – I’ve not come across them anywhere else.
This does sound like a very good flapjack recipe so I’m not surprised you wanted to try it out. I love baking flapjacks and it is a recipe that gets adapted so well. Depends on my mood, sometimes I like them plain, other times I want a few extras in them. I hope to give them a go myself :))x
You know Laura, I don’t think I’ve made a plain flapjack since I was at school, but you’re right, they are really good too.
Stellar! I’ll follow you and your recipes wherever you go :-). These sound delicious and they are different without being difficult to make. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Thanks Mary. The beauty of flapjacks is that they are so easy to make 🙂
These sound incredible, Choclette! I’m really getting into flapjack recently. I always buy it when I go to a coffee shop, but this has definitely influenced me to make some for myself. Bananary is definitely a word in my vocabulary 🙂
Hazel, flapjacks are so easy to make and their variation is endless. Have a go and enjoy.
I finally got around to making some of these (or similar)! See my latest post for details 😉
Deelish. Make lots of flapjacks & always looking for new ways to use up bananas! Thanks so much
So glad flapjacks sell well Rachel. I’m a real fan as they are so easy to make and such a good vehicle for carrying all sorts of goodies.
They seem nice and simple and almost health food! What’s not to like right? :))
I always find you can kid yourself with flapjacks Anna and even more so with banana in them 😉
Oh perfect I have some bananas at home in need of using up and this is a great recipe different from banana bread which I usually do. think I may add some nuts for more texture too
Yes, nuts would be good, although the sesame seeds on top did provide a bit of crunch.
Wonderful combination of coconut and bananas and what with oats and sesame it must’ve tasted great 😀
Yes, they tasted rather too good and didn’t last nearly as long as they should have done 🙁
this is a sensational combo C… I haven’t made flap jacks for years but these are really calling to me!… and I can just imagine the smell… woo hoo… I always make banana bread with ripe bananas but this really is a great and easy alternative… and almost healthy? no…?
Had a feeling this one would appeal to you Dom – definitely more healthy than banana bread 😉