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Ingredients

  • 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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