Easy Chewy Flapjack Recipe

4.84 from 6 votes

This Easy Chewy Flapjack Recipe using golden syrup, porridge oats and soft brown sugar can be baked in 20 mins. A wonderful easy recipe to make with children.

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Total Time35

Course: Snack

Cuisine: British

Keyword: Golden Syrup, Porridge Oats

Servings:

Calories: 287kcal

Author: Lynn

Equipment

1 x 8 inch square Cake tin
Baking Parchment

Ingredients

170 g butter
115 g soft brown sugar or demerara sugar
55 g golden syrup
50 g Plain Flour
Pinch of salt
225 g Porridge Oats not jumbo oats

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180c conventional oven
Grease and line the base and sides of an 8″ square loose bottomed cake tin with baking parchment. This will make it much easier to lift out the baked Flapjacks.
Melt the butter, sugar, and syrup in a large pan over medium heat until all the sugar and butter have melted. TIP: Do not boil the mixture or your flapjacks may turn out hard and difficult to eat.
170 g butter, 115 g soft brown sugar or demerara sugar, 55 g golden syrup
Take the pan off the heat and add the flour, salt, and oats. Mix thoroughly until everything is covered in the syrup mixture.
50 g Plain Flour, Pinch of salt, 225 g Porridge Oats
Spread the mixture evenly and firmly into the prepared tin, this is to help prevent the flapjacks from falling apart when baked.
Bake in the centre of the oven for 20 - 25 or until baked and golden brown in colour.
Remove from the oven to cool a little before partially slicing the top into bars. Once cooled completely, you can then go ahead and slice each bar all the way through.
Now that the flapjacks have cooled completely, you can complete the process of slicing them into Flapjack Bars. They will feel soft and chewy and should not fall apart.
Keep in an airtight container with a sheet of baking parchment wrapped around them, to help keep them moist and chewy.

Notes

Tip 1: It helps to give the dry ingredients a little mix before adding them to the melted butter and syrup mixture

Tip 2: Take care when baking with children, the mixture will still be hot and very sticky.

Tip 3: Partially slice while still warm, only slice through completely when cooled completely.

Why Are My Flapjacks Not Chewy?

Over boiling the sugar, butter, and syrup, and over baking are a few possible reasons for flapjacks being hard and not chewy. Adding flour helps make them chewy and soft. If they do turn hard, leave them in the open air for a few hours to help soften them a little.

Why Are My Flapjacks Falling Apart?

Use porridge Oats rather than Jumbo Oats. Slicing them into bars while still warm can often cause them to fall apart. Only partially slice them before they begin to cool. Slice through when completely cold.

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