Easiest Way to Make Delicious Chewy Flapjack

Chewy Flapjack. Add to it anything you like: grated apple and cinnamon, mixed seeds, sultanas, raisins, cranberries, etc. Chewy Flapjack: This Instructable will show you how to make nice chewy flapjack containing fruit, nuts, or basically anything you like. Classic, chewy and good for your soul, Lorraine Pascale's flapjacks are simple to make and hard to beat! Despite a wholesome reputation the flapjack is a hymn to butter and sugar. But should they be crunchy or chewy?

Should flapjacks be crunchy or chewy? For me the perfect flapjack is a chewy one, with slightly crunchy edges. Anything else is simply not good enough! You can cook Chewy Flapjack using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chewy Flapjack

1. It's 500 g of Oats (basic range works just as well).
2. Prepare 6 of dessert spoons Golden Syrup.
3. It's 250 g of Melted Butter.
4. Prepare 250 g of Soft Brown Sugar.
5. It's 1 of Mug Dried Fruit (optional).
6. You need 1/2 of Mug of Chopped Glacé Cherries (optional).
7. It's of Instead of Fruit how about Chocolate?.
8. It's 2 of Heaped Dessert Spoons Cocoa Powder.
9. You need 1 Bag of Chocolate Chips.

However, if you of the crunchy flapjack. Sticky with syrup and oozing with oats, these classic chewy flapjacks are just as at home in a packed lunch as they are on a tea party table. These Soft & Chewy Flapjacks are cooked when they are softly set and the barest rim is turning golden brown around the outside. If pressed, they may leave a little indent from your finger but once.

Chewy Flapjack instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 160 (gas mk 5-6).
2. Combine all of the ingredients together and mix well..
3. Remove mix from the bowl and place onto a baking tray with parchment paper. Using the back of a large spoon, flatten the mixture evenly..
4. Place into your preheated oven for approx 15 minutes until golden brown..
5. Remove from the over and allow to cook a little before turning it out onto a chopping board to cut. Cutting when it's still warm is easier and gives you straighter edges. (If you opted for the Chocolate version obviously you will not see it turn golden brown so to speak but your time guide will still be around 15 minutes) as ever, enjoy..

These enormous flapjacks are deep, chewy and perfect for sharing. Do you think of pancakes when you hear the word flapjacks? I prefer chewy so I used jumbo, or old fashioned oats. Traditional British sweet oat bar treat. They're soft, chewy and super easy to make!