United Kingdom kitchen

Flapjacks

Name: Flapjacks
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 75 g butter or margarine; 50–75 g light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon golden syrup; 175 g porridge oats

Scottish flapjacks are a type of baked bar dessert made with oats.

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Before you start

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Preparation checklist

Read all 7 method steps from beginning to end.
Measure and arrange all 4 listed ingredients.
Keep the recipe open and follow each step in order; the source does not state a total time.

Recipe notes & preparation tips

Replace the sugar and golden syrup with 75 g of honey.

Add 50 g of raisins.

Adapted from the source recipe's notes.

Step by step

Method

01
Put the butter or margarine, sugar, and golden syrup into a saucepan, and stir over a low heat until the fat and sugar have melted.
02
Add the porridge oats and blend thoroughly.
03
Press into a well-greased 18 cm square sandwich tin.
04
Bake in the centre of a moderate oven at 180°C (350°F / gas mark 4) for 25 minutes or until evenly golden brown.
05
Cut into rectangles in the tin whilst warm.
06
Allow to become almost cold in the tin before removing.
07
Enjoy!

Ready to serve

Serve the dish as directed and enjoy it while it is at its best.

Bon appétit — enjoy your meal!

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Source & licence

This recipe was adapted and reformatted from Wikibooks Cookbook . Text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Image: CC BY 2.0, credited to Andrew Currie from Toronto, Canada; view original image record .