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Nutrition: per square

  • kcal208
  • fat9g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs27g
  • sugars17g
  • fibre2g
  • protein3g
  • salt0.2g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line the base and sides of a 22cm square cake tin: cut 2 strips of baking parchment the width of the tin and longer than the base and sides, and fit into the tin each way and up the sides. This will make lifting it out easier.

  • step 2

    Mix together the flour, sugar and oats in a bowl. Add the egg, melted butter and cherries, and mix well. Tip into the tin and spread evenly with a fork.

  • step 3

    Bake for 20-25 mins until golden brown. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then carefully lift out using the paper and place on a board. Mark, but don’t cut, 4 lines each way to make 16 squares. Melt the chocolate in the microwave for 1 min, then drizzle over the squares. When the chocolate has set, cut the squares down the marked lines.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2012

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A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.55 ratings

Anna-Louise C

Very nice. Was short of glacé cherries so substituted some dried cranberries instead which worked fine.

cathome

I reduce the sugar and sometimes use sultanas and chopped apricots as alternative fruits.

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Isabelle Ferrand

Very good recipe which I've been making for several years. I reduce the sugar to 125g and cover completely with dark chocolate. I wonder how many days they keep for if anyone knows? although they get eaten quite quickly:)

David Chambers 1

question

Can it be frozen?

jiminyork

Love these. Like others I added ingredients - chocolate drops, dried fruit mix, chopped cherries - and cut down on the sugar. Comes out every time, nice and light for a flapjack. Only thing I've found is that it can be quite crumbly but perhaps that's because I'm "judging" the amount of fruit,…

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