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Apple flapjacks

Apple flapjacks are a delicious twist on a this classic oaty traybake. Chewy oat bars with some tasty apple and cinnamon flavour, they're the perfect autumnal bake.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 16
Course: Afternoon tea, Snack
Cuisine: British
Calories: 143
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 apples
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar
  • 150 g (⅔ cup) butter
  • 150 g (⅔ cup) caster sugar
  • 4 tablespoons golden syrup
  • 300 g (3 ¼ cups) porridge oats (rolled oats)
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Equipment

  • Digital scales
  • Mixing bowl
  • Wooden spoons
  • Measuring cups
  • Sauce pan
  • Baking tin

Method
 

Preheat your oven to 180C/170C Fan/350F
  1. Grease and line a square baking tin 7 inch (18cm) with baking or parchment paper. We often find the easiest way doing this is to measure a strip of baking paper the width of the tin and lay that in folding pressing down into the edges/sides. Then repeat this with another strip going in the opposite direction.
Prepare the apples
  1. Peel and chop the apples into small chunks.
  2. Put the apples into a small pan with the tablespoon of sugar and a splash of water. Heat them gently for 5 minutes or so, stirring them occasionally, until the apples have softened. Set them aside for now.
Melt the wet ingredients
  1. Measure out the butter, sugar and golden syrup and and put them all in a small pan. Heat the pan over a low heat until, stirring occasionally until everything has melted.
Weigh the porridge oats
  1. While the butter mixture is melting, get your kids to help measure the porridge oats out and pop them in a large mixing bowl.
  2. Add the cinnamon.
Mix everything together
  1. Once the butter, golden syrup and sugar has melted, carefully pour it into your mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon or spatula and stir everything together until all the oats are well coated.
Add the apple
  1. Add the cooked apples to your flapjack mixture and stir them in. You want the apples to break up slightly so they spread through the oats, but leave a few little chunks in places.
Bake the apple flapjacks
  1. Pour or spoon the flapjack mixture into your prepared baking tin. Using the back of a spoon or a spatula press the mixture down until it is well pressed into the edges and corners. A metal spoon can be a great job for this task as the oats tend not to stick to it as much.
  2. Bake the flapjacks in the oven for around 25 minutes. They’re ready when they have started to turn a nice golden brown colour. Don’t worry if they’re soft when you bring them out of the oven – they’ll harden as they cool.
  3. Remove the flapjacks from the oven and leave them to cool in the tin.
    Once cool, remove them from the tin and cut them into 12 or 16 pieces with a sharp knife.