Seasonal Food, Flapjacks Options

[michaelanglo]

Flapjacks

1 cup / 110g / 4oz butter (or margarine)
1/3 cup / 50g / 2oz Demerara or light brown sugar
2 Tbsp / 30g / 1.5oz golden syrup (light corn syrup) or maple syrup
2 1/4 cups / 225g / 8oz rolled oats

As a variation add a some or all of :-
a little dried fruit, 1/2 tsp ground ginger, 1/4 tsp ground mixed spice.

If you like it stickier, double the sugar and increase the fat and syrup by 50%.

Preheat oven to 180 C 350 F mark 4

Warm the butter, sugar and syrup in a saucepan until the fat and sugar have just melted
( or place in a microwavable glass bowl and microwave on High for about a minute).

add the rolled oats and mix thoroughly.
Grease a shallow baking tray (20 cm / 8in square sandwich tin),
spoon in the mixture and spread flat with spoon or a palette knife

Bake for about 30 minutes or until a even golden brown.
Mark into 12 portions after cooling in the tin for about 5 mins
and remove when just cool. Stores well in a airtight tin.