Homemade Bounty Bars, Savoury Granola And Flapjacks: Melissa Hemsley’s Recipes For Healthy Sweet Treats

I emotion a Bounty, though I telephone them paradise bars. I besides emotion matcha (and not only for its health-supporting benefits). Though my partner doesn’t bask drinking matcha tea, erstwhile I operation it into nan sweetness of nan coconut filling, moreover he’s connected board. Then, a very munchable and grabbable savoury granola, and flapjacks that you tin propulsion together successful minutes for a week’s worthy of on-the-go snacks.

Bounty bars pinch matcha (pictured top)

If I’m successful a unreserved and don’t want to beryllium individually dipping 24 cocoa bars, sometimes I put nan coconut matcha operation successful a large, wide tin to set, past simply drizzle nan melted cocoa furniture connected apical and chill. Once that’s set, trim into squares. Well, it saves time!

Prep 5 min
Cook 30 min
Chill 30 min+
Makes 24 bars

200g barroom creamed coconut
6 tbsp coconut oil
3 tbsp maple syrup, aliases runny honey
1 tsp vanilla extract
1½ tsp good-quality matcha powder
1 pinch oversea salt
150g desiccated coconut
200g acheronian chocolate (more than 65% cocoa is ideal), astir broken
Flaky oversea salt, to sprinkle (optional)

Line a 20cm quadrate baking tin pinch baking paper. If it’s a acold day, put nan unopened barroom of creamed coconut successful a vessel of lukewarm h2o (massage nan packet to thief it melt). Once it’s soft each nan measurement through, move into a vessel and operation pinch nan coconut oil, which, if it’s hard, will melt erstwhile it connects pinch nan lukewarm creamed coconut. Add nan maple syrup, vanilla, matcha, brackish and, if you for illustration a softer centre, 2 to 4 tablespoons of water.

Stir successful nan desiccated coconut until nan operation comes together into a doughy consistency, past move into nan lined tin, pressing it down pinch nan backmost of a spoon truthful it sits evenly. Put successful nan fridge for 15-30 minutes until group (alternatively, if you’re successful a rush, popular it successful nan freezer for 10 minutes).

Melt nan cocoa successful a heatproof vessel group over, but not touching, a cookware of hardly simmering water.

Turn retired nan group coconut-matcha operation connected to a committee and trim into 24 bars. Using 2 forks, dip each barroom successful nan melted chocolate, past transportation to a ample oven tray lined pinch baking paper. Put successful nan fridge for 15-30 minutes, until nan cocoa sets. Sprinkle each barroom pinch a small flaky brackish if you like, and enjoy. Once made, nan bars will support successful an airtight instrumentality successful nan fridge for up to 2 weeks, aliases frost (defrost earlier eating, truthful you don’t spot a tooth!).

Savoury granola pinch soy sauce, rosemary, nuts and seeds

This is delicious successful sandwiches aliases wraps, specified arsenic hummus and roast veg, aliases connected apical of avocado toast; you could besides sprinkle it connected shop-bought salads aliases soups for other fibre and bully fats.

Prep 5 min
Cook 25 min
Makes About 450g

2 tsp smoked paprika, aliases crushed harissa herb blend
4 tbsp oliva oil
200g rolled porridge oats
1 tsp dried rosemary, aliases 2 tsp caller rosemary leaves, chopped
100g mixed nuts (I usage cashews and almonds), astir chopped
100g mixed seeds (I usage pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds)
1 bully pinch oversea salt
1 small pinch chilli flakes
1 tbsp soy sauce, aliases tamari
1 tbsp maple syrup

To make this successful nan oven, power nan oven to 190C (170C fan)/375F/gas 5. Mix each nan ingredients successful a bowl, dispersed them retired connected a ample baking tray, and cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring erstwhile halfway. Remove and time off to cool wholly – don’t operation nan granola yet.

Alternatively, navigator it successful a frying pan. Put a large, deep-sided frying cookware connected a mean power and fry nan paprika successful nan oliva lipid for a minute. Add each nan remaining ingredients isolated from nan soy condiment and maple syrup, springiness everything a bully operation and fry for 10 minutes more, stirring erstwhile halfway. Keep an oculus connected nan pan, and if request beryllium springiness it a operation aliases little nan heat.

Pour successful nan soy condiment and maple syrup, which will get nan substance bubbling, past operation and fry for a last fewer minutes. Take disconnected nan power and time off nan granola to cool for 10 minutes. Have a sensation and spot if you want to adhd much oversea salt. Once you’re happy, transportation to a jar pinch a lid aliases to smaller snack-size containers to popular successful a gym container aliases to return to work. Once made, nan granola will support successful a instrumentality pinch a tight-fitting lid for 2 weeks.

Five-ingredient flapjacks

These return astir 8 minutes to put together and are super-satisfying arsenic an on-the-go day snack. You could switch nan almond food for cashew butter; peanut food is great, excessively (and tends to beryllium little expensive, if somewhat drier). You could besides switch nan raisins for sultanas, dried cherries, dates, figs aliases apricots – conscionable chop them small.

Cook 25 min, positive cooling
Makes 8

100g soft almond butter
120ml maple syrup, aliases runny honey
200g porridge oats
2 tsp crushed cinnamon
A ample fistful of raisins

Heat nan oven to 180C (160C fan)/350F/gas 4. In a mean saucepan connected a debased heat, harvester nan almond food and maple syrup, past return disconnected nan power and operation successful nan oats, cinnamon and dried fruit.

Line a small, astir 12cm x 12cm baking crockery pinch baking paper, allowing for immoderate overhang. Use a spatula to transportation nan flapjack operation to nan dish, past usage nan overhanging insubstantial to property it down to make judge it’s soft and even. Be judge nary dried consequence is poking retired of nan top, arsenic it whitethorn get crisp aliases burned successful nan oven.

Bake for 15 minutes, until lightly aureate connected apical (remember it will proceed to navigator arsenic it cools), past region and time off to cool for 15 minutes. Slice into 8 flapjacks and enjoy, aliases shop successful a instrumentality pinch a tight-fitting lid for up to a week.

• Melissa Hemsley is nan writer of Real Healthy: Unprocess Your Diet pinch Easy, Everyday Recipes, published by Ebury Publishing astatine £26. To bid a transcript for £23.40, sojourn guardianbookshop.com