British Flapjacks Recipes

BRITISH FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 8 x 8 x 2-inch metal baking pan. Combine first 3 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan. Stir constantly over medium-low heat until butter melts, sugar dissolves, and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat. Add oats and salt; stir until coated. Transfer mixture to prepared pan and spread out in even layer.
• Bake until top is golden (edges will be darker), about 25 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 5 minutes. Cut into 4 squares; cut each into 4 triangles (mixture will still be soft). Cool completely in pan before serving.
• A type of syrup popular in Great Britain; available at some supermarkets, specialty foods stores, and British import shops.

SIMPLE BRITISH FLAPJACK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly butter a baking pan.
• Combine butter, sugar, and golden syrup in a saucepan over low heat. Mix until butter has melted and sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat. Add 2 cups oats and raisins. Mix until oats are well coated. Pour mixture into the prepared pan; flatten down with the back of a spoon.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown on top, 10 to 20 minutes. Let flapjack cool.
• Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each interval, 1 to 3 minutes. Pour over the cooled flapjack. Let cool until chocolate is set.

***** CHEWY ENGLISH FLAPJACK *****

Steps:

• Put the butter, sugar, and syrup in a saucepan, and stir ir over a medium heat until the butter has melted.
• put the melted mixture into a miXing bowl, and add the porridge oats and any optional ingredients you want to add.
• put the mixture in a papered tin, flattening the mixture with the back of a spoon.
• bake the flapjack in the oven at about 180c for around 30 minutes, or until the flapjack has browned.
• note: if you are using raisons in your recipe, you might like to cook the flapjack for a shorter time, or for a longer time at a lower temperature, because raisins can burn and expand with the heat.
• once you take the flapjack out, you should cut it before it cools completely because it will harden.
• if youre impatient, eat some warm (if you havent already!) but flapjack is just as delicious chilled.
• ***** if youre a chocaholic, i would recommend that when the flapjack has cooled completely, you melt a black of chocolate and pour it over, and wait for it to set. *****.

TRADITIONAL BRITISH FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Melt the butter and the margarine in a deep saucepan over a very low heat.
• Add the brown sugar and honey and mix well until you have a liquid substance.
• Mix in the oats and pinch of salt -- it may be easier to add the oats in gradually stirring and covering the oats with the mixture.
• Mash the banana into a liquid pulp and mix into the oats (this will take a good few minutes to ensure that the banana is fully mixed in).
• Get a knife and spread the oats evenly over a greased baking sheet.
• Place the baking sheet onto the middle shelf in a 425F preheated oven (gas mark 5, 220 C) and bake for 15 minutes, checking the progress regularly. Take out when the mixture starts turning a darker color - don't over bake.
• Let stand for a minute or two, then cut the flapjack into as many pieces as you wish. You may find it best to leave the flapjacks for a few hours to cool down although you can eat them straight away.
• Drizzle with melted chocolate if you'd like as a way to decorate but this is really not needed unless you want to dress up the flapjacks.