Banana, Pecan and Chocolate Flapjacks

Name: Banana, Pecan and Chocolate Flapjacks
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 150 g unsalted butter, plus extra to grease; 200 g light brown soft sugar; 100 g golden syrup; 150 g dark chocolate, chopped; 2 ripe bananas, mashed; 425 g jumbo oats; 50 g pecans, roughly chopped; 75 mL double cream; 50 g butter; 150 g light brown soft sugar; 50 g icing sugar; 25 g cocoa powder; 25 g banana chips, roughly chopped to decorate; 1 tsp. vanilla extract; 25 g pecans, roughly chopped, to decorate

Take the humble flapjack to a new level

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 03 April 2017

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We have given the flapjack a decadent chocolate makeover. A fudgy textured, banana flavoured flapjack is topped with a rich chocolate ganache and sprinkled with crunchy banana chips and pecans. Delicious!

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Yields:

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

40 mins

Total Time:

55 mins

Cal/Serv:

456

Ingredients

For the flapjacks

150 g unsalted butter, plus extra to grease
200 g light brown soft sugar
100 g golden syrup
150 g dark chocolate, chopped
2 ripe bananas, mashed
425 g jumbo oats
50 g pecans, roughly chopped

For the chocolate frosting

75 ml double cream
50 g butter
150 g light brown soft sugar
50 g icing sugar
25 g cocoa powder
25 g banana chips, roughly chopped to decorate
1 tsp. vanilla extract
25 g pecans, roughly chopped, to decorate

Directions

1. Step 1
  Preheat oven to 190°C (170°C fan) mark 5. Grease and line a 20.5cm square cake tin with baking parchment.
2. Step 2
  Put butter, sugar, syrup and chocolate into a medium saucepan over a low heat and melt gently. Stir to combine, then stir in the bananas, oats and pecans.
3. Step 3
  Press mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 35-40min. Allow to cool completely in the tin.
4. Step 4
  Make frosting: Put cream, butter and brown sugar into a medium pan over a medium-high heat. Bring to boil. Continue cooking
  for 1min, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in icing sugar, cocoa and vanilla.
5. Step 5
  Spread warm frosting evenly over flapjacks and scatter over banana chips and pecans. Allow to set before slicing intot 16 squares.
  
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Per Serving:

Calories: 456
Fibre: 4g
Total carbs: 58g
Sugars: 38g
Total fat: 22g
Saturated fat: 10g
Protein: 5g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time