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Flapjacks (Traditional Scottish Recipe)

Name: Flapjacks (Traditional Scottish Recipe)
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Baking, Desserts
Ingredients: 75 g butter or margarine; 50–75 g light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon golden syrup; 175 g porridge oats

Scottish flapjacks are a type of baked bar dessert made with oats.

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Ingredients

Makes

75 g butter or margarine
50–75 g light brown sugar
1 tablespoon golden syrup
175 g porridge oats

Ingredients for 5 servings (335 g) · the original recipe

Method

1
Put the butter or margarine, sugar, and golden syrup into a saucepan, and stir over a low heat until the fat and sugar have melted.
Stovetop
2
Add the porridge oats and blend thoroughly.
3
Press into a well-greased 18 cm square sandwich tin.
4
Bake in the centre of a moderate oven at 180°C (350°F / gas mark 4) for 25 minutes or until evenly golden brown.
Oven
5
Cut into rectangles in the tin whilst warm.
6
Allow to become almost cold in the tin before removing.
7
Enjoy!

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