flapjack-squares-on-plate — Delicious Flapjack Squares

Easy Flapjack Recipe

Flapjacks are a wonderful snack with the nourishment of oats. It is basically oats mixed with butter, sugar and syrup and pressed into a tin and then baked in the oven to make an oaty snack. Ideal for lunch time or a snack on the go – full of energy and the goodness of oats. Also great to bake with children as they are so easy to do!

There are many variations on this theme including Flapjacks with Dates and Flapjacks with Mincemeat. These Banana Breakfast Bars are also a kind of Flapjack

Flapjacks are easy to make and are a great snack at any time of day. Pop them in your lunchbox or have as a tasty snack with your tea or coffee

Flapjacks can be overloaded with sugar but this recipe has less sugar than many recipes so I would recommend it. It’s probably a stretch to call it healthy but it does contain all the goodness of oats! And it is a delicious oaty bar

Flapjacks

Where does the name flapjack come from? As is so common with these things it does seem that no-one really knows. However it seems the word dates back to the 1600s and is even used by Shakespeare. But in those days it referred to a kind of flat tart. It has only meant a kind of oat bar since the 1930s. But I could find no real explanation why!

Recipes

I was prompted to find a basic Flapjack recipe when someone asked for a recipe in the Penny’s Recipes Facebook Group. This recipe was shared by a reader and comes from a 1950s Good Housekeeping recipe book. These kind of cookery books are often reliable for good sound recipes! I will be trying out one or two more flapjack recipes that were suggested too!

More Flapjack Recipes

flapjack-with-dates — Flapjacks With Dates

flapjack-squares-on-a-plate — Flapjacks Filled With Mincemeat

Flapjack Recipe

Lower sugar, oaty snack

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 40

Course Snack

Cuisine British

Servings 12

Calories 144 kcal

Equipment

20cm square baking dish

Ingredients

125 g butter
25 g sugar
2 tablespoons golden syrup
250 g rolled oats

Instructions

Grease a baking dish
Pre-heat the oven to 170 degrees C
Chop the butter into small pieces
Place in a saucepan
Add the sugar and golden syrup
Heat the pan gently and melt the butter and sugar
Add the oats and stir, mixing thoroughly
Press the mixture into the prepared baking tin
Bake in the oven for 40 minutes
Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes
Cut into squares in the tin
Leave to cool completely

Keyword great for packed lunch