Healthy(ish) Flapjack Recipe

Hi everyone, todays post is a healthy(ish) flapjack recipe. I took a basic flapjack recipe and just altered it to be a tad healthier and it has turned out great. If you're not too fussed on the health aspect of this recipe, you could add chocolate chips too!

Ingredients;

3 cups of oats (I just used basic porridge oats)

1 cup of milk (I used soya milk)

1/2 cup of honey 

1/2 cup of walnuts

1/2 cup of cashews

1/2 cup of pecans

1/4 cup of brown sugar

Little bit of desiccated coconut to go on top

Can I also just point out how adorable these cat measurement cups are!

1. First I preheated the oven to gas mark 5. 

2. I chopped up all the nuts and mixed all the ingredients together. I then put the mixture into a baking tray lined with baking paper and flattened the mixture out. I then sprinkled the desiccated coconut on the top.

3. I then put the tray in the oven for 20 minutes, but make sure you check them every now and then, because I did cook this in the oven at university and the oven is a bit dodgy compared to other ovens.

4. I then waited for it to cool and then cut it into 10 bars.

Hope you liked this recipe, and if you make them then please let me know or send me a picture of them on Instagram!

Jasmine x

Lemon Drizzle Cupcakes Recipe

Hi everyone, so these cupcakes are so quick and easy to make, can be made to look really lovely with sugar fruits or keep them rustic and simple looking like mine!

Ingredients;

For the Cakes -

6oz Butter

6oz Caster Sugar

6oz Self-raising Flour

3 Medium Eggs

For the Icing and Lemon Syrup -

Icing Sugar

Lemon Juice

Water

1. First, pre-heat the oven to gas mark 5 and place the cupcake cases into the tray, then cream the butter and the caster sugar together, it should look light and creamy. My food tech teacher used to tell us that you know it's creamed properly when you can no longer hear the sugar scrape across the bowl.

2. Mix the eggs into the bowl, too make sure it doesn't curdle, add some but not all of the flour.

3. Now mix in the flour until the mixture is light and airy. Make sure it's really mixed well so air is incorporated into the mixture to make the cupcakes light and fluffy.

4. Now spoon the mixture into the cases and place them in the oven for 12-15 minutes. I used a cupcake maker used because I find it easier but the timings are the same.

5. For the lemon syrup, I used plenty of icing sugar and added some lemon juice for a really runny icing. I just winged the measuring for it but as long as it isn't at all thick it's fine.

6. Once the cupcakes come out of the oven, pierce the cupcakes several times with a cocktail stick and glaze the cupcakes with the syrup. If you do this whilst the cupcakes are still warm, the syrup will soak in better.

7. Whilst the cupcakes are now cooling you can make the icing for the top. It's just icing sugar and a small bit of water too make a thick icing. Then once they've cooled, you can spoon a small bit of icing on the top of the cupcake and then read it out a little.

Hope you like this post, I'm thinking of slightly trickier foods to make and post as well, if you have any suggestions then let me know!

Jasmine x