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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

    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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