These nutritious flapjacks keep very well in a tin. Children love their crunchy texture and they make an ideal addition to any lunchbox.

Ingredients

  • 175g/7oz Flahavan's Progress Oatlets
  • 175g/7oz Flahavan's Jumbo Oat Flakes
  • 7oz butter or margarine
  • 4oz brown sugar
  • 3oz golden syrup
  • Chocolate

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 150°C.
  2. Melt margarine or butter in a saucepan with the sugar and golden syrup. Heat gently until the sugar is dissolved.
  3. Stir in the oatflakes.
  4. Tip the mixture into a Swiss roll tin (22cmx 33cm, 9" x 13") lined with parchment and press it out evenly using the back of a spoon.
  5. Bake in a preheated oven for approximately 30 minutes or until golden brown.
  6. When baked, coat with melted chocolate as a special treat.
  7. Cut into squares while still warm and leave to cool in the tin.