Banoffee Flapjacks With Date Caramel

These banoffee flapjacks are the perfect breakfast or snack, but they taste like dessert. The flapjacks are made from gluten-free oats and paired with a butter date caramel syrup, homemade coconut butter frosting, and if desired, topped off with coconut curls, desiccated coconut, and walnuts. These flapjacks taste heavenly paired with some dairy-free yogurt for breakfast or ice-cream for dessert. Yum!

Banoffee Flapjacks With Date Caramel [Vegan, Gluten-Free]

Ingredients

For the Flapjacks:

• 2 3/4 cups gluten-free oats
• 1 3/4 tablespoons desiccated coconut
• Scant 1/4 cup vegan butter
• 3 tablespoons of maple syrup
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 ripe banana, sliced

For the Caramel Sauce:

• 8 Medjool dates, pitted
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• A pinch of salt
• 1/3 cup of water

For the Coconut Cream:

• 1/4 cup desiccated coconut
• 1 teaspoon soy milk

Preparation

To Make the Flapjacks:

1. Preheat the oven to 335°F.
2. Place the butter and maple syrup into a saucepan and allow to melt.
3. Add oats, desiccated coconut, mashed bananas, and the melted butter/maple syrup mixture into a mixing bowl and mix until combined.
4. Line a baking tin/cake tin with grease-proof paper.
5. Place 1/2 the flapjack mixture into the pan and press down until flat, making sure to get right into the edges.
6. Chop up a banana and place the slices on the flapjack, then cover with the remaining mixture.
7. Pop the flapjack into the middle of the oven.Bake for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown on top.
8. Carefully lift the flapjack out of the pan and place onto a cooling rack.

To Make the Caramel Sauce:

1. Pit the dates and place them into a blender/food processor along with the vanilla extract, salt, and water.
2. Blend until paste-like in texture.
3. This will take around 5-10 minutes on high speed.

To Make the Coconut Cream:

1. Place desiccated coconut and soy milk into a high-speed blender/food processor and whiz up until butter like.
2. This will take around 5-10 minutes.

To Assemble:

1. Serve with a drizzle of caramel date sauce, coconut cream/butter, walnuts for extra crunch, desiccated coconut, coconut flakes, and cacao nibs.

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