Buckwheat and date flapjacks

Hi everyone,

Here's some buckwheat flake and date flap jacks that I made. Buckwheat flakes are smaller than oat flakes but they make great flapjacks especially of you don't eat oats like me.

I boiled the dates for a few minutes in a little water to make them softer.

Here's the recipe 225g buckwheat flakes 170g butter 50g brown sugar 2 table spoons of golden syrup 125g chopped dates (already softened in boiling water) a little cinnamon and a little milk.

First melt the butter golden syrup and sugar in a pan then turn the heat down and add the buckwheat flakes and cinnamon and stir thoroughly and add the milk last to make a soft smoother cookie before spreading in a baking tray and baking for between 25 and 35 mins depending on how thick they are.

Buckwheat contains magnesium and iron making it a great alternative to many grains and its gluten free. And I love dates so this is a particularly nice combination and because of the natural sweetness of the dates the sugar content.

I'm going to have one sitting outside in the afternoon October sun soon and on that happy note...enjoy the rest of your day now folks. 🌞

[Activity2004 Administrator]

Hi Hidden ,

Your buckwheat date flapjacks look and sound wonderful. They remind me of brownies/coffee cake. Hope you enjoy them.

[Hidden in reply to Activity2004]

Hi Leah, thank you and what a good idea coffee flapjacks, they do look dark because buckwheat is dark brown. 😊

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to Hidden]

You're welcome for both. Thank you for letting me know about the buckwheat and why the flapjacks are that shade of brown. Never knew that buckwheat does that to certain baked goods/other foods.

[Imaaan]

We're on the buckwheat bandwagon today Your flapjacks with dates look fantastic.

[Hidden in reply to Imaaan]

Hey thanks Imaaan I noticed that as your buckwheat toast looks wonderful. 😊

[Imaaan in reply to Hidden]

It was store bought but I was comfortable with the ingredients which were only buckwheat, water, millet, ground flax seeds, sourdough culture, olive oil and sea salt.

[Zest]

Hi Hidden

These flap-jacks look really good!

Zest

[Hidden in reply to Zest]

Hi Zest thank you as I bet with your love of porridge that you make amazing flapjacks. 😊

[HungryHufflepuff Meal Of The Month]

Flapjacks are wonderful and especially at this time of year. Yours look really good 😋It’s been force 9 wind here today and sleet/hail/snow, definitely not a day for sitting outside, I can hardly believe it can be such different weather ☃️

[Hidden in reply to HungryHufflepuff]

Hey thanks HungryHufflepuff I do like flapjacks.

The weather has been all over the place as we’ve had relentless rain for days but it was nice yesterday but the temperature has dropped today so time to wrap up.

You take care in this autumnal weather. 🍁😊

[HungryHufflepuff Meal Of The Month in reply to Hidden]

Definitely time to wrap up and eat lots of warming foods 😊

[Hidden in reply to HungryHufflepuff]

Hey my thoughts exactly.😊

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator Vegan star]

They look lovely Jerry, I think I may have to try making these 😊 I can not tolerate oats that well, but buckwheat on the other hand I can

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Hey that’s great Debs and I’ve made vegan ones with Pure butter. 😊