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These healthier oat bars use bananas and apple to bind the mixture, so you can cut down on the fat and sugar

Feelgood flapjacks

butter,

peanut butter

tbsp honey or maple syrup

bananas,

apple,

rolled oats

dried apricot, chopped

raisin

mixed seed (we used pumpkin and sunflower)

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 20cm square tin with baking parchment. Heat the butter, peanut butter and honey or maple syrup in a small pan until melted. Add the mashed banana, apple and 100ml hot water, and mix to combine.

Tip the oats, the dried fruit and the seeds into a large bowl. Pour in the combined banana and apple and stir until everything is coated by the wet mixture. Tip into the cake tin and level the surface. Bake for 55 mins until golden. Leave to cool in the tin. Cut into 12 pieces to serve or store in an airtight container in the fridge. They will keep for up to 3 days.

Have your cake and eat it with this delightful low-fat, healthy banana loaf - perfect for breakfast and beyond

Healthy banana bread

low-fat spread

wholemeal flour

self-raising flour

tsp bicarbonate of soda

tsp baking powder

mashed banana from overripe black bananas

tbsp agave syrup

eggs

yogurt

chopped pecan or walnuts (optional)

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment (allow it to come 2cm above top of tin). Mix the flours, bicarb, baking powder and a pinch of salt in a large bowl.

Mix the bananas, syrup, eggs and yogurt. Quickly stir into dry ingredients, then gently scrape into the tin and scatter with nuts, if using. Bake for 1 hr 10 mins-1 hr 15 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.

Cool in tin on a wire rack. Eat warm or at room temperature, with low-fat spread.

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