Recipe Blogging - Fruity Flapjacks



Makes 16

You Will Need:

4 tablespoons golden syrup h/t to reader jawbone for the link
200g (7 oz) brown sugar
250g (9 oz) butter
350g (12 oz) porridge oats
150g (5 oz) mixed dried fruit, like cherries, cranberries, apricots or prunes (chopped if necessary)
Optional: 3 pieces of stem ginger, finely chopped

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 150oC/300oF/gas 2. Lightly butter a 20 x 30cm (or similar sized), 4cm deep baking tray

2. Put the syrup, sugar and butter into a large saucepan. Place on a medium heat until the butter has melted and everything is bubbling and caramel-coloured. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the oats, dried fruit and stem ginger. Pour mixture into the baking tray and press it down with the back of a wooden spoon to make it smooth and flat.

3. Bake in the preheated over for 40 to 45 minutes. Leave it to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before cutting into portions with a sharp knife. Don't take the individual flapjacks out of the tray yet though; leave them until completely cool then use a fish slice or spatula to get right down to the bottom of the tray and lift them out.

This is a recipe from Jaimie Oliver, for Red Nose day this year. My mum had been looking for a good flapjack recipe as she had trouble in the past making them, so she was delighted that this worked.

The flapjacks are delicious and a favorite of my niece.