Easy Flapjacks {Foolproof Recipe!}

Melted chocolate drizzled over pieces of just baked flapjacks.

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Easy Flapjacks {Foolproof Recipe!}

Learn the secret of how to make Flapjacks with this easy FOOLPROOF recipe! Mix your ingredients together and bake in 20 minutes for a batch of this delicious, sticky, chewy, classic British teatime treat.

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Family Food

Servings:

Ingredients

225 g Butter
150 g Golden Syrup See notes for substitutes
150 g Soft light brown sugar
450 g Oats See notes
1 tsp Salt

For the topping:

100 g Milk chocolate Melted

Metric - Imperial

Instructions

Preheat your oven: 170℃ fan/190℃/Gas Mark 5 (340F).
Prep the tin: Line a 20x20 cm baking tray with baking parchment.
Melt first ingredients, stir in oats and salt: Melt your butter, sugar and golden syrup in a large pan over a low heat. Once the sugar has dissolved, remove from the heat and stir in the oats and salt.
Mix well: Give the entire mixture a really good stir so that all of the oats are coated.
Into the tin: Pour the mixture into your lined baking tin and pat down with the back of a spoon.
Bake: Pop into the oven for 20 minutes. (The edges should be starting to brown but the middle should still be soft and wobbly.)
Slice when cool: When the flapjack is cold, remove it from the tin and slice your flapjacks into 16 squares with a sharp knife.
Finishing chocolate touch: Drizzle over the melted chocolate and allow to set.

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Notes

Butter: Unsalted or salted is fine, if you use salted, reduce the additional salt in the recipe to 1/2 tsp.

Golden Syrup: This gives the lovely sticky texture. No golden syrup? Light maple syrup or honey are the closest substitutes. Corn syrup will work but the flavour and texture differ.

Sugar: Soft light brown sugar gives a good flavour but caster sugar will work too.

Oats: I used a mixture of jumbo whole oats and rolled oats, in this flapjack recipe. You can just use one type though.

Salt: I have used 1tsp of salt. You can leave this out if you are cooking for young children, but I do have to say I think it really adds to the recipe and brings out the flavour.

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