Healthy Mini Cherry Flapjacks

I have been continuing with trying to come up with more healthy treats. Here's my latest attempt.

Ingredients

(makes about 20)

200g low fat margarine

5 tbs dark agave nectar

200g cherries

150g oats

A little extra margarine for greasing

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180 C.

Line a 18x12 cm high sided baking tray with tinfoil and grease the tin foil

Stone the cherries and cut into quarters.

Melt the margarine in a large pan with the agave nectar until liquid.

Stir the cherries into the butter and agave nectar and continue to heat gently until the cherries start to soften.

Stir the oats into the mix.

Then spoon the mix into your lined baking tray

Bake for about 20 mins

Turn out onto a plate and remove tin foil

Allow to cool then chop up into about 3 cm square 

Healthy Wholemeal Peach Cupcakes

I have been experimenting trying to develop a cupcake which is both yummy and healthy.

Ingredients

(makes 8)

100g wholemeal self-rasing flour

100g low fat margarine

5 tbs dark agave nectar

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 firm peach

1 egg white

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180 C.

Mix together all the ingredients of the cupcakes apart from the egg white and the peach in a large bowl until smooth.

Peel the peach and chop in half.

Cut half the peach into small chunks and the other half into 8 slices.

Add the peach chunks to the mixture.

Beat the egg whites into soft peaks.

Fold the egg whites into the rest of the mixture.

Spoon into cupcake cases and pop a peach slice on top of each.

Bake for about 15 mins

Healthy(ish) Raspberry Wholemeal Cupcakes

Ingredients

(makes 12)

100g wholemeal self-rasing flour

100g brown sugar

100g low fat margarine

150g raspberries

1 tsp baking powder

2 egg whites

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180 C.

Separate 12 raspberries then chop up the rest.

Mix together all the ingredients of the cupcakes apart from the egg whites and whole raspberrys in a large bowl until smooth.

Beat the egg whites into soft peaks.

Fold the egg whites into the rest of the mixture.

Spoon into cupcake cases and pop a whole raspberry on top.

Bake for about 15 mins