GINGER FLAPJACKS

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Try an oat bar with a difference - our version is flavoured with coconut and has a soft and spicy ginger topping

Provided by Sarah Cook

Categories     Afternoon tea, Dessert

Time 45m

Yield Cuts into 16 squares

Number Of Ingredients 12

250g butter , plus extra for the tin
200g light muscovado sugar
5 tbsp golden syrup
200g porridge oat
100g whole oats
140g plain flour
50g desiccated coconut
175g butter
200g icing sugar
4 tbsp golden syrup
2 tbsp ground ginger
few chunks crystallised ginger , diced

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Butter and line a 20-21cm square baking tin with baking parchment. Gently melt together the butter, sugar and syrup in a large pan. Tip in the oats, flour and coconut, and mix well. Press the mixture into the tin to flatten evenly. Bake for 30 mins until golden and crisping.
  • To make the icing, put the butter, icing sugar, syrup and ground ginger in a small pan and heat gently, stirring, until all melted together. Pour straight over the flapjacks, scatter with the diced ginger and cool in the tin.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 502 calories, Fat 31 grams fat, SaturatedFat 19 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 52 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 35 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium

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