17/03/2021

Savoury Flapjacks with Apple, Cheese & Walnuts

Name: Savoury Flapjacks with Apple, Cheese & Walnuts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 150 g rolled oats or porridge oats; 100 g mature cheese e.g. Cheddar (grated); 60 g walnuts (chopped); 1 large apple, unpeeled (cored and grated); 1 med-large red onion (finely chopped); 2 tsp celery seeds (or fennel seeds); ½ tsp salt; ¼ tsp black pepper; 2 eggs beaten; 50 g butter (plus extra for greasing)

Savoury Flapjacks with Apple, Cheese & Walnuts are great for a healthy snack, packed lunch or picnic. Pair them with salad or veggies and they’re perfect for a main meal too, hot or cold.

Based on oats, nutritious, savoury flapjacks are so easy to make. Simply melt some butter then add oats, vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds and cheese. Protein rich eggs bind the mix together before baking.

Thirty-five minutes’ later, you’ll have delicious, healthy savoury flapjacks.

In this easy recipe I’ve flavoured the oats with tangy apple, Cheddar, red onion, crunchy walnuts and celery seeds.

I think it might just be my favourite Savoury Flapjack yet.

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SAVOURY FLAPJACKS: SO VERSATILE

I started making savoury flapjacks a few years ago now.

Being more a fan of savoury rather than sweet snacks, I was looking for an alternative to those ultra-processed crisps and crackers that it’s all too easy to grab.

The result was Savoury Flapjacks with Vegetables, Nuts, Seeds & Cheese.

These were quickly followed by Vegetable Feta Flapjacks with Nuts & Seeds.

One of the things I discovered while creating those recipes was that savoury flapjacks can be so much more than a snack. Hot or cold, I loved them as a vegetarian main course paired with a salad or veggies.

So, even though I’ve since developed crackers for snacking (see my Beetroot Crackers with Nigella Seeds, Easy Homemade Crackers and Sourdough Crackers for example), I still regularly make savoury flapjacks.

Another thing I love about savoury flapjacks is their incredible versatility.

You can add different vegetables, fruits or cheeses, and create an endless variety of flavours with any number of herbs, spices, nuts and seeds.

But of all the variations I’ve made recently, Savoury Flapjacks with Apple, Cheese & Walnuts are my absolute current favourite.

So I just had to share them with you.

SAVOURY FLAPJACKS WITH APPLE, CHEESE & WALNUTS

The idea for these particular flapjacks was sparked by one of my Twitter followers.

Megan Fitzoliver is a designer who often tweets pictures of goodies cooked on her beautiful cast iron griddles. She tagged me in a couple of posts with flapjacks based on my recipe, flavoured with apple and celery seeds. I loved the sound of that combo, and knew I wanted to include it in a new variation of my own.

To add more veggies, and complement the tangy apple, I’ve also included red onion. The fruit and veg is chopped or grated, so there’s no need for precooking. This makes Savoury Flapjacks with Apple, Cheese & Walnuts really quick to put together.

I always like to include some nuts in my savoury flapjacks. Not only for flavour and nutrition, but also contrasting, crunchy texture. Apple and celery said to me ‘Waldorf salad‘, so the obvious partner was walnuts.

EASY FLAPJACKS

There can’t be many homemade snacks tasting this good that are so easy.

All you do is mix the oats (either rolled oats or porridge oats) with the cheese, apple, onion, walnuts and seasonings plus two beaten eggs and melted butter.

The mixture is then spread into a baking tin, ideally around 20 centimetres square.

Then it’s into a preheated oven until cooked through, golden brown and slightly risen. This should take around 35 minutes.

Tempting as they are, don’t attempt to remove the flapjacks from the tin just yet. They’ll almost certainly fall apart. Instead, cut them into 9 squares, but leave them in the tin to cool.

You can carefully remove the flapjacks when only just warm, or leave until completely cold.

The texture of the warm flapjacks is softish, but they firm up once cold.

EATING & STORING SAVOURY FLAPJACKS WITH APPLE, CHEESE & WALNUTS

Although delicious warm, I think these flapjacks taste even better cold when the flavours have had time to meld.

This makes them perfect for packed lunches and picnics and a welcome change from boring old sandwiches.

And because Savoury Flapjacks with Apple, Cheese & Walnuts will be good to eat for 3-4 days, you can make a batch at the weekend ready to pop into school or work lunchboxes.

With wholegrain oats, protein from the cheese and egg, plus fruit, vegetables and nuts, savoury flapjacks are a much healthier option than sugar-filled snacks or most shop-bought sandwiches.

Add raw veg like carrot and cucumber sticks, a few berries, and a wholesome drink like milk, and you’ll have the basis of a nutritious lunch for an adult or a child.

Have you made these savoury flapjacks?