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Strawberry flapjacks

Strawberry flapjacks are a tasty fruity oat bar. It's a simple twist on a classic recipe which is so easy to make it's the perfect recipe for kids and beginner bakers to try.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Chilling time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 16
Course: Afternoon tea, Snack
Cuisine: British
Calories: 128
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g (⅔ cup) butter
  • 125 g (½ cup) caster sugar
  • 4 tablespoons golden syrup
  • 300 g (3 ¼ cups) porridge oats (rolled oats)
  • 100-125 g (½ cup) strawberries

Equipment

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

Method
 

Preheat your oven to 180C/170C Fan/350F
    Grease a 7 inch (18cm cm) square baking tin with a little bit of oil or butter then line it with baking or parchment paper.
    1. The easiest way of lining the tin is to measure a strip of baking paper the width of the tin and lay it in in one direction, then do the same the other way. If you've greased the base and sides beforehand the baking paper should then stick into your tin nicely.
    Melt the wet ingredients
    1. Measure out the butter, sugar and golden syrup. Cut the butter into a few pieces and then and pop everything into a small pan. Heat the pan over a low heat until everything has melted.
      You could also melt the butter mixture in a microwave. Do it in short short 30 bursts, stirring it in between until everything has melted.
    Measure out the porridge oats
    1. While the butter is melting, measure the porridge oats and add them to a large mixing bowl.
    Mix the flapjack ingredients together
    1. Once the butter, sugar and honey has melted, add it to the oats in your mixing bowl. Stir everything together until all the oats are well coated in the melted butter mixture. Make sure none of the oats are left dry.
    Add the strawberries
    1. Measure out the strawberries. You don't need to be perfectly accurate, around 100-125g or about ½ a cup is perfect.
      Cut the leaves and hull out and then cut the strawberries into quarters (or more pieces if they are particularly big strawberries.)
      Add the strawberries to your flapjack mixture and stir them through so they are well distributed.
    Bake the strawberry flapjacks
    1. Spoon or pour the flapjack mixture into your prepared baking tin. Press the flapjack mixture down using the back of a metal spoon or spatula press making sure it is level and that the oats are well pressed down into the edges and corners.
    2. Bake the strawberry flapjacks for around 20 minutes. They’re ready when they have started to turn a nice golden brown colour. They'll be a little bit soft when you bring them out of the oven, don't worry - they’ll harden as they cool.
      Remove the flapjacks from the oven and leave them to cool fully in the tin. If you want, you can gently score the top of the flapjacks where you plan to cut them while they’re still a little soft.
    3. Once they've cooled down, remove them from the tin, cut them into 16 squares, or if you want larger portions try 8 or 9.