Flap Jacks !

I burst in to the house tonight with plans... Shopping and plans. I had the sudden urge to make flap jacks. Yay ! Not the most exciting thing in the world but when I get an impulse I can't seem to shake it until it is done. After putting a new collar on our family cat 'Dashly' ( whom you will all become well acquainted with over the next few weeks... he he ) and eating my supper of lamb and potatoes I got to work.

Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 6

Ingredients
125g Butter or 4oz
10 oz oats
Honey (good glug of it !)
Maple Syrup 3 table spoons
Golden Syrup 2 table spoons
Dried Cranberries about 3 quarters of the bag
Ground nuts. 1 desert spoon.

Method
Place the butter in a saucepan and melt slowly. Add in the honey, golden and maple syrup and stir the mixture. Next, add in the dry ingredients of oats , cranberries and ground nuts, stir thoroughly. Keep stirring for about 10 minutes until the mixture is thoroughly heated through or when you can start to smell the yummy goodness.
Next place in a baking tray lined with grease proof paper or place cup cases in a cup cake tin and spoon in the mixture. A good heaped desert spoon in each case or flatten out the mixture evenly in the lined tin. Place in the pre heated oven and bake for 20 minutes. You can cut the flap jacks in to squares if you have chosen to make it in a tray. Allow to cool through for about 15-20 mins. They are now ready to devour !

Gorgeously delicious with a lovely cup of tea or coffee. So quick an easy to make in about half an hour.You can try to add different dried fruits or nuts or no fruit at all, if you want to go all out chuck in some chocolate chips.

If there are any left tomorrow some lucky work colleagues will be sampling these very tasty treats.

Give it a shot and let me know what you think.