Thursday, January 7, 2010

Good recipes for flapjacks with lots of fruit and seeds in them?

I really like Pret bars and Starbucks granola bars and would like to make something similar at home... Any recipes?Good recipes for flapjacks with lots of fruit and seeds in them?
Tropical Flapjacks (v)





300g Rolled Oats


225g Butter or Margarine


100g Tropical Wholefoods Diced Mango 110g Golden Syrup


110g Demerera Sugar








Heat the butter/margarine, sugar and golden syrup until melted. Take off the heat, add oats and mix well


Finally add the Tropical Wholefoods diced Mango. Press into a lined or greased/floured tin. Bake at 175 degrees C for approximately 25 minutes. Check after about 15 minutes to ensure the flapjacks aren't getting to brown - if so lower the heat as necessary. Mark into slices while still hot. When completely cold, remove from tin.





HEALTHY FLAPJACKS





225 g runny honey


225 g butter


350 g rolled oats


50 g chopped almonds


50 g sunflower seeds


2 tablespoons sesame seeds


75 g stoned chopped dates








1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F/gas 4.


2. Grease a 30 x 25cm (12in x 9in)baking tin.


3. Melt the honey with the butter.


4. Pour this over the rolled oats, almonds and sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and dates.


5. Mix well and spoon into the baking tin. Bake for 2- 25 minutes until golden brown.Good recipes for flapjacks with lots of fruit and seeds in them?
Are you in the UK? I think Jamie Oliver did an advert for Sainsburys with a fruity flapjack recipe recently so it will probably be on the Sainsburys website.
Fruit Flapjack Recipes - How to make the perfect Fruit flapjack








home - Fruit Flapjacks





With a wide range of fruits available you can always find one to go with a flapjack. The favourite of most is a banana but you can add literally any fruit you wishm (or at least give it a try!)











The basic ingredients


Ingredient Measurement


Brown Sugar


80g





Butter


60g





Margarine


40g





Oats


250g





Salt


Pinch





Fruit


Banana, Cranberries,Strawberries, currents or saltarnas





Golden Syrup


2 tablespoons








1. Melt the butter and the Margarine in a deep saucepan over a low heat


2. add the brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of golden syrup and stir in until you have a brown paste


3. add in the oats, if you find it easier add them in gradually stirring and covering the oats with the paste


4. add a pinch of salt and continue to stir


5. Mix in the fruit of your choice, as much as you feel is necessary


6. spread the mixture evenly over a non stick baking tray (or a greased baking tray).


7. Place the baking tray onto the middle shelf in a preheated oven (gas mark 5, 220 C) and bake for 15 minutes, checking the progress regularly. Take out when the mixture starts turning a golden brown.


8. Stand for a minute, then score the mixture with a knife into you portions


9. Cover the tray and leave for a few hours to cool and let the ingredients further mix together.


10. Voila, serve the flapjack to you friends and bask in glory and this great accomplishment.





Preparation Time: 15 Mins


Cooking Time: 15 Mins

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