Glenwood Guesthouse

Flapjacks

These are wonderful lunch box filler.  The basic recipe is delicious as it is but it is fun to play around with different nuts, fruit and seeds to get just the right combination for you.  I love to melt a little chocolate and spread it on the tray of flapjacks when they come out of the oven and the chocolate sets as the flapjacks cool.  If I am making them for the kids lunch boxes I cut them into bars but they are lovely cut into squares with a nice cup of tea too.

Pre heat the oven to 180c and  butter and line a swiss roll tin with greaseproof paper.

Makes 18

250grms porridge oats

125grms very soft butter

125grms soft brown sugar

2-3 tablespoons of golden syrup

200grms melted chocolate

In a food processor pulse the porridge, butter, sugar and golden syrup until combined.  Turn into the lined swiss roll tin and spread out with the back of a spoon.  Bake in the oven for 20-25 mins.  Remove and place on a wire cooling rack.  Spread the melted chocolate  over the top and allow the whole lot to set for at least a few hours.  Ideally leave it overnight.  Turn the set flapjacks out and cut into bars.