Burton had school dinners one day last week and for pudding he had a fruity flapjack. Knowing how he has refused to eat my homemade flapjack before, imagine my surprise when he came home and told me he had eaten it all!!! So I thought I would make some again to see if now he would eat it at home . I did not add as much sugar as flapjack recipes state as I find them too sweet sometimes. I also added honey instead of all that golden syrup which binds the oats, as I wanted them to be healthy-ish flapjacks! I also added some raisins to add some natural sweetness and extra nutrition.
- 175g unsalted butter
- 125g brown sugar
- 150ml honey
- 25ml golden syrup
- 325g porridge oats
- 25g raisins
- Pre heat your oven to 150oC / 130oC (fan)
- Grease and line an 8inch square baking tin
- Place the butter, honey, golden syrup and sugar in a pan and place over a moderate heat and melt them all together
- Once melted remove from the heat and stir in the oats and raisins
- Pour into the baking tin and smooth down ensuring all the corners have been filled
- Place into the oven and bake for about 40 minutes until golden brown on top
- Remove and allow to coool for 15 minutes
- Turn out onto a choping board and cut into as many squares as you like depending on how big you like them!
- Enjoy with a cuppa!
They were really good and the honey added a nice flavour and they did not miss not having the full amount of sugar. They must have tasted good as my OH ate quite a few and has taken some to work today for his lunch box. Burton did try a little and when I asked how come he did not eat it all up as he had done the ones at school, he replied that they were not the same as the flapjacks at school! *sighs* Oh well, I will make them again and keep offering them to him in the hopes that he will finish one of mine up one day!
Mmmm gooey and sweet fruity flapjack with a crunchy edge! Deeeeelicious! These would be great for lunch boxes too. And you could replace the raisins for chopped apricots or some other dried berries.
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I love flapjacks so next time please send them this way, they wouldn’t last 5 minutes with my 3! You will have to ask the school cook for her flapjack recipe to see if he will eat them if you replicate it – I bet they don’t add nearly as much sugar as in regular flapjacks as I know the shortbread at school has hardly any sugar in it & all the kids love it – aren’t kids funny!
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I love flap jacks .
I shall await mine in the post.
*posts some straight away*
A staple with us, though I wish I could stop my kids picking out the raisins! #TastyTuesday
I love flapjacks, especially gooey ones. I have to dip mine in chocolate though 🙂 #naughtyme!
Flapjacks are a firm favourite in our house too – Kitty goes mad for them in her lunchbox! This posts reminds me to make some soon!
These look yummy and isn’t it funny what they’ll eat at school/pre-school in front of their peers! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Kids really know how to cut you to the quick don’t they. They look yummy to me x
I add raisins to mine too they seem to go down a bit better and also add some grated apple as well. i adore the oatiness.
These flapjacks look really tasty. I could just imagine eating one with my mid morning cuppa. I agree with about the sugar, most flapjacks have way too much sugar. These ones are perfect. x
Love flapjacks, these look lovely. Wish I had some to eat with my cuppa
We have flapjacks for breakfast sometimes.I should of gone through the Recipe Of The Week linky when I wasn’t hungry as I’m now thinking of baking some flapjacks.
They look great! I haven’t made any flapjacks in ages, must whip up a batch. Very neat squares too, mine always fall apart a bit. I thought it was because I used honey instead of golden syrup but you’ve proved that’s not the case. I must try harder 🙂
Kids! My ate pilchards at nursery! Lovely fruity flapjacks, sound really good! x
Ooh these looks so easy to make! I like nice easy recipes.
I do love a good flapjack and these look delish. Thanks so much for joining in with #recipeoftheweek. I’ve pinned and tweeted this post and there’s a fresh linky live now. I hope you’ll pop over and join in again this week, if you haven’t already!