Raisin & Cinnamon Oat Bites / Low Syn Flapjacks

If like me you love flapjacks but hate wasting loads of syns on something small then you will love these Oat Bites. At just 2 syns for the whole lot you won't be disappointed.  The best part is that if you are in a rush - they only take 5 minutes in the microwave! You can also cook them in the oven if you have more time to spare.

Ingredients

• Frylight
• 40g of oats (HEB) **
• 12g of raisins (1.5 syns)
• 2 tbsp of cinnamon (can use more or less depending on personal preference)
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp of sweetener (0.5 syns)
• A dash of vanilla essence
• About 125g of quark 

Method

1. Measure out all the ingredients into a bowl and mix well.
2. Spray a microwaveable container with frylight.
3. Add mixture to the container and microwave for about 5 minutes.
4. Cut into as many slices as you like and place on a cooling rack.

Other notes:

• These are only 2 syns for the whole lot when using the oats as your healthy extra b - otherwise they are 1 syn per slice when cut into 6 slices.
• If cooking in the oven, line a baking tray with baking paper and spray with frylight before adding the mixture to the tray. Cook for 20-25 minutes on 180 degrees celsius. 
• You can swap out the raisins for 10g chocolate chips for the same amount of syns.

Red Velvet Cupcakes with quark icing (Only 1.5 syns each)

Red velvet is sooo in right now, so why on earth would we want to be left out of the scene? I adapted a typical slimming world cupcake recipe to make these delights. Enjoy a couple with friends, as a treat to yourself, or even bring these to a group tasting to delight the masses! 

Makes 8

Ingredients:

For the icing:

• 150g tub of quark
• 1 tbsp Vanilla essence
• 20g Sweetener
• Raspberries to garnish

For the cupcake:

• 2 tbsp Red food colouring
• 2 tsp cocoa (2 syns)
• 50G self raising flour (9 syns)
• 3 eggs
• 20G Sweetener
• 1 tbsp Vanilla essence
• 1 Muller light (I went for vanilla and dark choc)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C.
2. Separate eggs and leave the whites aside. Mix the egg yolks, vanilla essence, red colouring, muller light and sweetener in a bowl.
3. Sieve the flour and cocoa into the egg mixture and mix well
4. Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks. Gently fold into the mix
5. Spray a muffin tray with frylight and spoon the mixture evenly into the tray.
6. Pop in the oven for 15-20 minutes
7. Meanwhile,, make the icing by mixing the quark, sweetener and vanilla essence.
8. Take the cupcakes out of the oven and allow to cool.
9. Using a spoon or piping bag, add a dollop of the icing on top of each cupcake. For variety, slice a few cupcakes down the middle and fill with extra icing.
10. Pop a raspberry on top of each.