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Easy Flapjack Recipe With Yummy Serving Ideas

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This easy flapjack recipe is not just easy to make, it’s quick as well. Make your pick from the delicious sweet and savoury serving ideas below. They are guaranteed to wow your guests.

If you prefer a denser flapjack (like we do), omit the baking powder. So try this easy flapjack recipe without baking powder to see which version you prefer.

 

Flapjack Serving Ideas:

Sweet Toppings

For sweet toppings use the usual jams, honey and whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Or try a fruit. Berries are especially nice with flapjacks. So are bananas. Whilst your flapjacks are cooling down, quickly fry sliced bananas to caramelize them – using the same frying pan you’ve made the flapjacks in. Butter the warm flapjacks with butter (or peanut butter), top with the fried bananas and drizzle with syrup, maple syrup or honey.

Savoury Toppings

Don’t limit yourself to sweet flapjack toppings, try savoury toppings as well. You can’t go wrong with matches-made-in-heaven such as crispy bacon and maple syrup or crumbled Roquefort cheese and figs.

If you are feeling adventurous try an eggs Benedict version – fry the flapjacks, then lightly toast them, butter and top with bacon and a poached egg drizzled with Hollandaise sauce.

For a heartier, complex carbohydrate version of this easy flapjack recipe try the easy cornmeal flapjacks recipe.

Side note: These easy flapjacks may not fit the definition of a Banting-friendly meal but they are such an iconic South African breakfast that they should be first in line when you are thinking of your cheat day meals.

Easy Flapjack Recipe

 

This easy flapjack recipe makes a sumptuous dessert, breakfast, high tea accompaniment, or cheat day treat. Flapjacks are at their best served whilst still warm. You can make these easy flapjacks without baking powder. This will result in a denser flapjack

  • 3/4 cup cake flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 large egg (beaten)
  • 2 Tbsp sugar ((or equivalent sweetener))
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 Tbsp butter (melted)
  • Jam or marmalade (for serving)
  • Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream (optional)
  1. Sift the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt (about 1 ml) together in a medium mixing bowl. Make a well in the middle.
  2. Beat the egg and sugar together in a smaller mixing bowl and add the milk.
  3. Add the egg and milk mixture to the well in the flour mixture and blend well to form a smooth batter.
  4. Lightly grease the bottom of a heavy-based frying pan with the butter. Heat pan to medium heat.
  5. Blob tablespoons of batter into the pan, about 2cm apart. Fry the flapjacks on medium heat for about 2 minutes on one side or until the top is full of air bubbles – the bottom should be golden brown. Turn and fry for another minute on the other side.
  6. Let them cool slightly and serve with jam, whipped cream or ice cream. Or any of the serving ideas on the recipe page.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition (per serving): 53 calories, 9 calories from fat, 1g total fat, 116.3mg sodium, 29.1mg potassium, 9.5g carbohydrates, <1g fiber, 2.7g sugar, 1.6g protein.

Banting Snacks Recipes and Ideas

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Relieve Banting boredom with these delicious Banting snacks ideas and recipes.

Banting-friendly foods are typically so filling that Banters end up eating fewer calories, and, in many cases, fewer meals throughout the day. This allows them to lose weight sustainably.

Snacks are a great way to bump up your fat intake on Banting yet also satiate your taste buds.

The key to a delicious and nutritious snack is not only that it’s lower-carb, but also delicious so you don’t feel confined by your diet.

Grab-and-Go Banting Snacks

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of banting snack recipes you can try. But sometimes life gets in the way. What are you supposed to do if you don’t have time to prep your meals and snacks?

Before you give in and grab an unhealthy snack, try something from this list of ready-to-eat snacks.

Avocados are one of the most Banting-friendly foods you can eat due to their exceptional quality fat content. They’re also a great grab-and-go snack. Sprinkle slices with sea salt, or use them to prepare a great guacamole when you have some time. (Source: Bulletproof Blog)

Green List Snacks: avocados, biltong, olives, pork rinds, pepperoni slices, high-fat cheeses, sardines, cherry tomatoes, hard-boiled egg, bone broth, chicken feet (runners) broth, keto coffee.

Olives, one of the best plant sources of fat you can find, are a great grab-and-go banting snack to pack for work or play. Take them to work or a mid-afternoon salty pleasure.

Orange List Snacks: macadamia nuts, pecan nuts, seeds, banting-friendly smoothies (most of our smoothies are on the green list).

Light-Red List Snacks: banting-friendly dark chocolate, banting-friendly peanut butter.

Bacon Guacamole Deviled Eggs [BF]

 

Deviled eggs never had it so good stuffed with bacon guacamole! Great appetizer or snack to show your friends that Banting is not noring.

  • 6 large eggs (boiled; cooled; peeled; and cut in half)
  • 1 avocado (mashed)
  • 3 slices bacon (cooked and crumbled)
  • 1 tbsp Jalapeno pepper (finely diced)
  • 1 tsp red onion (finely diced)
  • 2 tbsp tomato (chopped)
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 tbsp cilantro (coriander) (chopped)
  • 1 dash salt and black pepper (to taste)
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper (to taste)
  • 1 dash chilli powder (for garnish)
  1. Scoop the yolks out of the egg halves, mash them, mix with the avocado, bacon, jalapeno, onion, tomato, lime juice and cilantro and season with salt, pepper and cayenne.
  2. Place a tablespoon of the mixture back into the holes left by the yolks in the eggs and serve garnished with extra bacon and a pinch of chili powder.