Monday, April 15, 2013

Fruity Chocolate Slice

Fruity Chocolate Slice
Since we ventured back to school in January I've been trying a couple of different lunchbox treats, to try and ensure that the sweet stuff my boys devour during the day packs a fair whack of nutritional punch whilst also being delicious.

I love slices because they're that little bit quicker than biscuits.  If I can turn a biscuit into a slice, I will!  It's a lesson I learnt from a gorgeous friend who one of the smartest women I know when it comes to saving time.  Why spend 10 minutes shaping biscuits when I could spend that time on the phone to her!

This slice came about when we had a glut of over-ripe bananas.  Thanks to my first pregnancy, the smell of over-ripe bananas still haunts me, so they tend to get used up pretty quickly in our house and frozen once they start going ripe.  You can, of course, vary the dried fruit with whatever you'd prefer and play around with your sweetener, if you'd prefer to use something other than maple syrup.  I have used rice syrup in the place of maple syrup in this recipe, but prefer the extra caramel flavour the maple provides.

Enjoy!

Fruity Chocolate Slice
 
Ingredients:-
 
160g dried fruit (I use craisins, apricots, dates & sultanas)
80g dark chocolate
1 frozen ripe banana
150g rolled oats
150g wholemeal spelt flour
50g coconut flakes
1/2 tsp baking powder
75g rapadura or coconut sugar
80g butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
65g maple syrup
40g coconut oil
 
Method:-
 

Ready to bake
Pre-heat oven to 170C (fan forced).
 
1.  Place frozen banana (broken into chunks), dried fruit & chocolate in TM bowl and turbo 2-3 times until evenly chopped. 
 
2.  Add oats, spelt, coconut, baking powder & sugar to the bowl.  Mix for 5 seconds on speed 5.
 
3.  Add remaining ingredients, except chopped fruit & chocolate, to TM bowl and mix for 10 seconds on speed 5.
 
Press into slice tray.  I usually sprinkle home-made milo on top of the slice, for a little extra chocolateyness.
 
Bake for 30 minutes, until brown.  Cool and slice into squares.  Devour!

 

7 comments:

  1. That looks delicious, I will definitely be trying it soon :)

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  2. im wanting to make without the banana - what would you suggest to use in place of?

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  3. Great recipes. I'll try it right now for my baby. Thank you for sharing this useful article.

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  4. It looks very good look. I will try it

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  5. The combination of chocolate and dried fruits would create a flavour, thanks for sharing!

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  6. I would give it a try with dried grapes and apples, hope that it will be great, thanks for sharing my favorite recipe, I mean I'm a fan of chocolate

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