CHUNKY PEAR & APRICOT FLAPPERS

Chunky pear & apricot flappers image

If your kids prefer other dried fruit to apricots and pears then it's fine to substitute - try raisins, cranberries, blueberries or papaya.

Provided by Lesley Waters

Categories Lunch, Snack, Treat

Time 35m

Yield Makes 12

Number Of Ingredients 7

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Ingredients

100g golden syrup
85g butter
2 tbsp demerara sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
140g porridge oat (use rolled organic oats if you can, as they have bigger flakes)
85g dried apricot , roughly chopped
50g dried pear

Steps:

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Gently heat the syrup, butter and sugar until the butter melts, then stir in the vanilla, oats, apricots and pears until well combined.
Press the mixture into an 18cm-square non-stick brownie tin and bake for 25-30 mins until golden. Leave to cool for 10 mins, then mark into 12 bars and leave to cool completely before removing.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 157 calories, Fat 7 grams fat, SaturatedFat 4 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 23 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 11 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, Sodium 0.17 milligram of sodium