Alternative Binding Ingredient for Sugar in Flapjacks? (British style)
First, I'm talking about oat bars not pancakes.
The basic recipe for these flapjacks is that you get some oats with a little flour and chopped nuts. Then you melt together butter, sugar and golden syrup. You mix wet with dry and oven bake.
I'd like to reduce the amount of sugar being put in, without making the flapjacks more brittle and crumbly. I intend to try using honey, but does anyone have alternative suggestions? I'm not concerned that they wont be sweet enough because I primarily want a more savoury nut and oat taste.
Best Answer
This might affect the texture too much, but if you're willing to experiment you could try some mashed banana.
I made these banana and oat cookies a while ago, which have the ratio of 1 banana to ~90g of oats. The recipe says to blend the oats, though I didn't bother, and the cookies came out pretty chewy.
The recipe is way too heavy on banana to come out like a flapjack, but you might be able to use a little to offset a reduction in sugar in a proper flapjack recipe. I'm not speaking from experience though, so no promises that it won't be a disaster!
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How do you get flapjacks to stay together?
Flapjacks need to be kept cold and are best stored in the fridge. This will help them hold their shape. If your flapjacks do fall apart in warm weather, just press all the pieces back into the tray as you did before you cooked them and place the tray in the fridge for a few hours. Once cold, you can cut them up again.How do you bind flapjacks?
Sprinkle with a tiny bit of sea salt. 4 Spread the mixture out, pressing it out evenly with the back of the spoon. 5 Bake for 25 minutes until golden. After five minutes cooling, press the flapjacks with something heavy and flat (this compresses them and stops them falling apart).Why do my flapjacks never stick together?
you may not have put enough fat and/or sugar or sugar substitute in. But if it's stuck to the paper, that's less likely. Press it down hard with the back of a spoon, stick it in the fridge overnight and try again in the morning, I reckon. If it still doesn't work, then the recipe is rubbish.Why did my flapjacks fall apart?
There could be many reasons why your flapjacks may fall apart after baking. I find using Porridge Oats rather than whole jumbo oats are better. Slicing them into bars while still warm can often cause them to fall apart. If you partially slice them and pop them in the fridge, this will speed up the cooling process.Healthy Flapjack Recipe - The Perfect Road Trip \u0026 Hiking Food!
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