Chewy Chocolate Flapjack Food

SOFT AND CHEWY CHOCOLATE FLAPJACKS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160ºc and line a 9x9 inch (22cm) square tin.
• Weigh the butter, golden syrup and brown sugar into a saucepan. Place over medium heat until everything is melted and whisk well to make sure the butter and melted sugar all well incorporated.
• Measure the oats into a bowl and add in both packets of chocolate chips. Pour the butter syrup mixture over the oats and mix well. The warm syrup will start to melt some of the chocolate chips as you mix. This is perfect and ensures that once the flapjacks are baked every bite will have buttery oats and chocolate.
• Once the oats are completely covered in the buttery syrup (they'll all have a "wet" look to them) press into a square lined baking tin. Bake the flapjacks in a square tin lined with baking paper.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes. Remove the flapjacks from the oven and leave them to cool completely in the tin. If they're too warm when you cut them they'll break apart and won't cut into squares.
• For making the glaze
• Simply break the bar into pieces and place in a bowl. Add in a tablespoon of butter and melt in the microwave (be careful not to burn the chocolate) for about 2 minutes. Use a spoon to drizzle the flapjacks with the chocolate, or pour the glaze over the flapjacks and smooth evenly over the top to cover completely. Let the chocolate cool completely on the flapjack before you slice into squares. You can pop them into the fridge for a couple of hours or into the freezer for about 15 minutes to let the chocolate topping set.

***** CHEWY ENGLISH FLAPJACK *****

Steps:

• Put the butter, sugar, and syrup in a saucepan, and stir ir over a medium heat until the butter has melted.
• put the melted mixture into a miXing bowl, and add the porridge oats and any optional ingredients you want to add.
• put the mixture in a papered tin, flattening the mixture with the back of a spoon.
• bake the flapjack in the oven at about 180c for around 30 minutes, or until the flapjack has browned.
• note: if you are using raisons in your recipe, you might like to cook the flapjack for a shorter time, or for a longer time at a lower temperature, because raisins can burn and expand with the heat.
• once you take the flapjack out, you should cut it before it cools completely because it will harden.
• if youre impatient, eat some warm (if you havent already!) but flapjack is just as delicious chilled.
• ***** if youre a chocaholic, i would recommend that when the flapjack has cooled completely, you melt a black of chocolate and pour it over, and wait for it to set. *****.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED FLAPJACK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160C/350F/Gas 4, 10 minutes before baking. Lightly oil a 33 x 23 cm swiss roll tin and line with nonstick baking parchment. Place the flour, rolled oats, the light muscovado sugar, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl and stir well together.
• Melt the butter and golden syrup together in a heavy-based saucepan and stir until smooth, then add to the oat mixture and mix together thoroughly. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and press down firmly and level the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven and leave the flapjack to cool in the tin. Once cool, remove from the tin. Discard the parchment.
• Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of gently simmering water. Alterntively, melt the chocolate in the microwave according to the manufacturer's instructions. Once the chocolate has melted quickly beat in the cream, then pour over the flapjack. Mark patterns over the chocolate with a fork when almost set.
• Chill the flapjack in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before cutting into bars. When the chocolate has set, serve. Store in an airtight container for a few days.

CHEWY FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4 and butter a 23cm/9in x 33cm/13in Swiss roll tin.
• Melt together the butter, sugar and syrup in a large saucepan over a low heat, then stir in the oats, cinnamon, baking powder and a pinch of salt until well combined.
• Peel and mash the bananas and add to the mixture, stirring well to combine; Tip into the prepared tin and smooth the surface with the back of a metal spoon.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the edges are just beginning to turn golden brown; The mixture will feel fairly firm to the touch.
• Transfer the tin to a wire rack and cut the mixture into bars while still hot.
• Leave until completely cold before removing with a palette knife.

CHEWY OR CRUNCHY FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Put the margarine, sugar & golden syrup in saucepan (or microwaveable bowl if using a microwave oven) and heat until it is all liquid.
• Meanwhile line the a square shallow baking tin with greaseproof paper. (about 8-inch tin).
• Mix all the oats into the liquid.
• Put the mixture into the baking tin & press flat.
• Bake at 175 deg C (Gas Mark 4 or about 350 F) for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Warning: the timing is tolerant but accuracy in temperature is critical.
• Slice into 8 fingers before it sets but leave in place in tin.
• Leave to cool and set.
• Crunchy Flapjack:.
• The recipe is identical to chewy version but cook at 15 deg (one Gas Mark) hotter.
• Fruit Flapjack:.
• The recipe is identical to above but mix in some raisins and/or sultanas before baking.