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Fruit Flapjacks Recipe

Craving an easy and delicious sweet snack? Try making these five-ingredient fruit flapjacks!
These fruity flapjacks results in a chewy, soft and thick texture.
The hardest part about this recipe is waiting for them to cool! They must be firm before slicing into bars or cutting into squares.
We have used raisins but you can use any type of dried fruit or a mix of your favourites - try using dried apricots or apples, freeze-dried strawberries or raspberries.
We used 8 x 8 inches /20 x 20 cm square baking tin. You can use larger tin for thinner flapjacks or a round tin for triangular slices instead!
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time15 minutes
Cooling time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 25 minutes
Course: Afternoon Tea, Cake, Kids, picnic, Snack, Vegetarian
Cuisine: British
Keyword: adding fruit to flapjacks, dried fruit flapjacks, flapjack with fruit, fruit flapjack, fruit flapjack recipe UK, fruit oat bars, fruity flapjacks, fruity oat bar, raisin flapjacks, sultana flapjack, sultana flapjacks, thick fruit flapjack
Yield: 16 Squares (8 Bars)
Calories: 280kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 200 g Light Brown Sugar or demerara sugar
  • 250 g Butter
  • 5 tablespoon Golden Syrup or honey, agave syrup or maple syrup
  • 350 g Oats instant or quick rolled oats for a soft texture jumbo rolled oats for a chewy texture
  • 100 g Dried Fruit Use your favourite dried fruit or a mixture.
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180°c / 160°c fan gas 4 / 350 °F.
    Line 8x8 inch tin with baking parchment, making it longer than the tin for easy removal.
    We have used a 8 x 8 inch square tin, if using a larger tin they will come out thinner.
    Base of a square baking tin on top of brown parchment paper which is being cut out with scissors to the shape of the tin
  • Melt the 250 g Butter, 200 g Light Brown Sugar and 5 tablespoon Golden Syrup in a pan together on low heat.
    200 g Light Brown Sugar , 250 g Butter, 5 tablespoon Golden Syrup
    Melted butter, light brown sugar and golden syrup being poured into a cast iron pan
  • Stir whilst melting, do not allow mixture to bubble.
    Stirring the melted butter,syrup and brown sugar together with wooden spoon cooking in a cast iron pan
  • Once melted turn off the heat and add 350 g Oats and 100 g Dried Fruit.
    Pouring sultanas over the top of the porridge oats and melted butter mixture in a cast iron pan
  • Stir the oats into the butter, sugar and syrup until it is distributed evenly and forms a thick oaty mix.
    350 g Oats
    Stirring porridge oats and sultanas in with the melted butter, sugar and golden syrup mixture with a wooden spoon
  • Transfer the mixture in to the lined tin.
    Putting the fruit flapjack mixture into a lined tin
  • Push down firmly with a spoon or spatula
    Pressing down the porridge oats and sultanas mixture with a spatula in a lined baking tin
  • Bake for 15 -20 minutes in an oven set to 160°c fan /180°c / 350 °F/ gas mark 4
    Placing the fruit flapjack recipe into the oven in a lined baking tin
  • Remove from the oven.
    Fruit Flapjacks Recipe cooked in a baking tin lined with parchment paper
  • The mixture will still be soft. Don't worry they firm up as they cool, do not cook for longer.
    Pressing the fruit flapjack with a finger
  • Allow the tin to cool for approx 20 minutes at room temperature, before transferring it to the fridge to continue setting. Be patient now, for the neatest cuts I suggest allowing 2+ hours.
    Fruit Flapjacks Recipe cooked in a baking tin cooling on a wooden board
  • Lift the flapjack slab out with the baking parchment.
    Pulling the fruit flapjack out of the tin using the parchment paper
  • Use a sharp knife to cut into 8 large fruit flapjack bars
    Cutting the fruit flapjacks with a knife into bar shape
  • Or 16 treat size fruity flapjack squares.
    Fruit Flapjacks Recipe being cut into squares using a knife
  • Trim the edges for extra neatness (the person who bakes them gets to enjoy these crisper bits!)
    Edges of the fruit flapjacks have been cut away with a knife on a wooden chopping board
  • Best served at room temperature.
    Fruit Flapjacks stacked up on top each other with other flapjacks served around it on a white plate

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Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 106mg | Potassium: 142mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 391IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg