Easy Flapjack Food

OLD FASHIONED FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Preheat griddle so that a drop of water beads when dropped on it.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Combine wet ingredients and beat well. (Do this quickly as the butter will tend to set up when it hits the cold milk).
• Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
• Mix but not too much. Batter will be slightly lumpy.
• Drop a couple tablespoons for each pancake onto hot griddle and cook until bubbles appear in batter and bottom is golden brown.
• Serve with real butter and real maple syrup.

SIMPLE BRITISH FLAPJACK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly butter a baking pan.
• Combine butter, sugar, and golden syrup in a saucepan over low heat. Mix until butter has melted and sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat. Add 2 cups oats and raisins. Mix until oats are well coated. Pour mixture into the prepared pan; flatten down with the back of a spoon.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown on top, 10 to 20 minutes. Let flapjack cool.
• Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each interval, 1 to 3 minutes. Pour over the cooled flapjack. Let cool until chocolate is set.

EASY FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 150C/130C Fan/Gas 2 and line a 20cm/8in square baking tin with baking paper.
• Melt the butter in a medium pan over a low heat. Dip a brush in the butter and brush the baking tin with a little bit of it. Add the golden syrup and sugar to the butter and heat gently. Once the sugar is dissolved and the butter is melted, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the porridge oats, lemon zest and ginger.
• Pack the mixture into the baking tin and squash down. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
• Once cooked, remove from the oven, leave to cool for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a chopping board and cut into squares.
• These flapjacks are delicious in a packed lunch or as a grab-and-go breakfast.

ENGLISH FLAPJACK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a saucepan over low heat, combine the butter, brown sugar and golden syrup. Cook, stirring occasionally, until butter and sugar have melted. Stir in the oats and raisins until coated. Pour into an 7 or 8 inch square baking pan. The mixture should be about 1 inch thick.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top is golden. Cut into squares, then leave to cool completely before removing from the pan.

FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
• In another bowl, beat the eggs and then whisk in the milk and vanilla.
• Melt the butter in a large cast-iron skillet or griddle over medium to medium-low heat.
• Whisk the butter into the milk mixture, add to the flour mixture, and whisk until a thick batter is just formed.
• Keeping the skillet at medium to medium low heat, ladle about 1/4 cup of the batter onto the skillet, to make a pancake. Make one or two more pancakes, taking care to keep them evenly spaced apart. Cook, until bubbles break the surface of the pancakes, and the undersides are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Flip with a spatula and cook about 1 minute more on the second side. Serve immediately or transfer to a platter and cover loosely with foil to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining batter, adding more butter to the skillet as needed.

BASIC FLAPJACK RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven 200C/ Gas mark 6. Make sure you line a baking tray with grease-proof paper.
• In a saucepan, put sugar, butter and syrup and heat gently until it is melted.
• Place the ingridents in a bowl and mix.
• Put onto the tray and cook for 10-15 minutes. The remove from the oven, let it cool for 5 minutes and cut into squares.

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.