Cakes & Bakes: Flapjacks
Ingredients
- Basic recipe
- 175 g vegetable oil
- 30 g butter
- 125 g honey or golden syrup
- 350 g rolled oats
- optional additional ingredients any one of the following
- 50 g dessicated coconut
- 25 g crystalised ginger
- 50 g dried fruit currents, raisins, sultanas, cranberries, blueberries, dates, figs or a mix of all of these
- 50 g seeds and/or nuts linseeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, walnut pieces, pecan, pieces, crushed hazelnuts, flaked almonds or a mix of all of these - the nuts are better if pre-roasted in the oven for a few minutes until lightly browned
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas Mark 2
- Put the oil with the butter into a large saucepan on a low heat. When the butter has melted, add the honey / golden syrup to the oil mixture and stir to mix
- Turn off the heat, add the oats (and optional ingredients) and mix well
- Put the mixture into a 23cm/9inch shallow square cake tin and flatten down firmly with the back of a serving spoon
- Put into the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until the top is lightly browned
- Allow to cool in the tin then cut into squares or finger-shaped portions