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  • 225g[8 oz] butter
  • 75g[3 oz]sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon of runny honey and another of golden syrup
  • 350g[12oz]porridge oats

For chocolate flapjacks

  • 100g[4oz]plain chocolate

For fruit and nut flapjacks

  • 100g[4 oz]sultanas,raisins or currants
  • 50g[2oz]chopped nuts
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    Method

    • step 1

      Grease the baking tin with a little butter using a paper towel.
    • step 2

      Turn on the oven to 180 C/350 F or gas mark 4.Put the butter,sugar and honey and golden syrup in the pan over a low heat and stir until melted.
    • step 3

      Take the pan off the heat and stir in the porridge oats,mixing well.
    • step 4

      Spread the mixture into the tin and press it down well with the spoon.
    • step 5

      Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes.Take care not to overcook as the flapjacks will then be dry.Cut into twelve pieces and leave to cool completely in the tin.
    • step 6

      For the chocolate flapjacks melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of hot .Take the bowl off the pan and dip each flapjack into the melted chocolate and leave to set on a wiring rack.You can also put the melted chocolate into the icing syringe to decorate the flapjacks.
    • step 7

      For the fruit and nut flapjacks
    • step 8

      Make the plain flapjacks and add the fruit and nuts with the porridge oats,mixing well.
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    A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.8 ratings

    brock.hayley1bEATsjPD

    Would be helpful to know recommended tin size.

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    ONeilla52

    A star rating of 4 out of 5.

    With a bit of tweeking this recipe does work. I used the required amount of butter, but added an extra tablespoon of both honey and golden syrup to help it to bind together. I added dried fruit and nut mix to mine (variation preference). I pressed it down really well in the tin. Once cooked I let it…

    Carole Poulton avatar

    Carole Poulton

    A star rating of 1 out of 5.

    I wish I had read all the other comments about the fact that these flapjacks do not hold together, before I actually made them! The consistency is just about right for granola. Nice taste but useless recipe.

    gwilly.d

    Great recipe. The only two binding agents in these flapjacks are butter and the syrup; so I've needed to use 250g butter and three heaped tablespoons golden syrup AND most importantly, cut them to shape while still warm in the tin but leave them in the tin until they are completely cool before…

    Sandsim

    This recipe just doesn't bind. I followed it perfectly and ended up with crumbs. :(

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