Saturday 17 May 2008

Fruity Flapjacks for the Troops



Today I am at work hosting cookery sessions for a "taster" day at the school where I work. The children are all aged 9-10 and the day is themed "Olympics". We have only 45 minutes with each group so I though a flapjack packed with dried fruits would be suitably good for the sportsmen amongst us (slow release sugar!) and quick enough to finish. We got some really nice dried fruits - cranberries, cherries, blueberries, apples, apricots and sultanas. Its great that the supermarkets here are stocking a larger range.




We have had three groups totaling 38 children in today. They have all done really well and I hope they enjoy the fruits of their labours.


Fruity Flapjacks for Atheletes


170g butter
115g soft light brown sugar

55g golden syrup

225g porridge oats

55g plain flour

pinch of salt

200g mixed dried fruits


Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan.

Combine with the other ingredients and press down into a pan - this amount filled two 7cm x 16cm base foil tins

Bake at 190/5 for 25-30 minutes until golden brown on top. Mark into bars when warm and enjoy

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