These healthy honey flapjacks have no sugar. They are very quick and easy to make and just need 3 basic store cupboard ingredients. Sugar free honey flapjacks are a popular choice among adults and children, and are ideal for lunch boxes, bake sales and healthy snacking.
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What you'll love about the recipe
- No sugar flapjacks are naturally sweetened and flavoured with honey. There's no refined sugar and no golden syrup
- Made with healthy wholegrain oats which are high in fibre and will help to stabilise blood sugar and protect your heart
- Healthy honey flapjacks have just 10 minutes prep time
- A simple basic recipe that you can easily adapt with your favourite add ins
- Easy to make gluten-free, and dairy free. These honey flapjacks with no sugar are also egg-free and nut-free.
Ingredients
Oats. Porridge oats, rolled oats or old fashioned oats are all suitable for this healthy honey flapjack recipe.
If you want gluten free honey flapjacks, be sure to use oats which have been certified gluten free. They'll have been processed separately from other grains to ensure they don't become contaminated and are suitable for coeliacs.
Honey. You can use either set or runny honey to make sugar free flapjacks.
Butter. If you are using unsalted butter, add a tiny pinch of salt to the recipe to help bring out the flavour. You can easily make a dairy free honey flapjack by using a vegan block.
Optional ingredients and variations
These simple sugar free flapjacks can easily be adapted with your favourite ingredients. Here's a few suggestions:
- For cinnamon and honey flapjacks, add half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon. You could also use mixed spice, or a pinch of grated nutmeg or cinnamon.
- For a raisin and honey flapjack recipe, add 80g of raisins to the mixture. Or try dried apricots or other dried fruits.
- Honey and nut is a classic combination. Add 80g of whichever chopped nuts you prefer. Or try sunflower or pumpkin seeds instead.
You can also make sugar-free flapjacks with dates.
How to make healthy honey flapjacks (no sugar)
This easy recipe is ready to go in the oven in just a few minutes.
Line a 18 x 18cm baking tray with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees.
Add the butter and honey to a pan and place on a low heat until melted. Remove from the heat as soon as melted so that the mixture doesn't start to caramelise.
If you prefer you can melt the butter and honey in short bursts in a microwave.
Stir in the oats and any optional ingredients that you are using. Mix well.
Spoon the mixture into the lined baking tray. Push down firmly over the whole surface to ensure that the mixture is compacted. This is essential to ensure that the flapjacks hold together well.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow the flapjacks to cool fully in the tin. Once cool, remove from the tin and cut into 12 slices.
Storage
Sugar free honey flapjacks will store well in an airtight container for up to a week.
Frequently asked questions
Golden syrup is a refined sugar syrup often used in baking. If you'd like to avoid refined sugar, you can use honey instead of golden syrup in flapjacks. Or if you'd prefer, you can also make flapjacks with maple syrup.
Traditional flapjacks are made with high levels of butter and sugar. These no sugar flapjacks use honey instead of refined sugar, but they should still be eaten in moderation. Honey is a form of sugar, and the recipe still has quite high levels of saturated fat.
For a flapjack recipe that is lower in fat and natural sugars, try these banana flapjacks with honey, or apple flapjacks with honey. In both of these recipes, fruit is used to replace most of the fat and sugar in the recipe.
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Recipe
Honey Flapjacks (No Sugar)
Equipment
- 18 x 18cm baking tray
- baking paper
- saucepan
Ingredients
- 200 g porridge oats
- 100 g butter or vegan butter
- 100 ml honey
Instructions
- Line a 18 x 18cm baking tray with baking paper.
- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees.
- Add the honey and peanut butter to a saucepan and place on a low heat. As soon as the mixture has melted, remove from the heat.
- Add the oats to the pan and stir well until thoroughly mixed.
- Tip the mixture into the prepared baking tray. Spread out evenly, and press down very firmly with the back of a spoon. This is important to ensure that the flapjacks hold together well.
- Bake at 160 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Allow the flapjacks to cool in the tin. Then remove from the tin and cut into 12 pieces.
Notes
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- For cinnamon and honey flapjacks, add half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon. You could also use mixed spice, or a pinch of grated nutmeg or cinnamon.
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- For a raisin and honey flapjack recipe, add 80g of raisins to the mixture. Or try dried apricots or other dried fruits.
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- Honey and nut is a classic combination. Add 80g of whichever chopped nuts you prefer. Or try sunflower or pumpkin seeds instead.
Nutrition
Please note nutritional information is per serving and is provided for guidance only.
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