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Chewy and buttery rich, these Irish Oat Flapjacks are easy to make breakfast bars or a post-workout snack. They are buttery rich delicious finger or travel food for your kids. 

What is a Flapjack?

A flapjack is a baked bar also known as a muesli bar, cereal bar, oat bar, or a slice. Generally made using oats, butter, brown sugar, and golden syrup. 

It is commonly referred to as Flapjack in Ireland and the UK. Muesli bars or Cereal bars in other countries. In the United States and Canada flapjack is a widely but lesser-used term for pancake.

I love cereal bars mainly because they are a great travel food or a mid-evening snack. I use to buy them earlier as they were easily available. We get different options, like honey and oat, chocolate and oat, golden syrup and oat, etc. 

When I first tasted a homemade flapjack, I did not like it. It had too much butter and it was made using porridge oats. I am not saying it was not delicious, it was, but I do not like the buttery taste that lingers in the mouth. But recently I tasted this when a friend baked it. My son loved it and so do I. She mentioned its old family recipe, and she roughly detailed the process.

So I decided to make this but using rolled oats. My recipe of Irish Oat Flapjacks involves using rolled oats. I am not using oatmeal or not using oats in powdered form. Just simple rolled oats. They are a lot crunchier when baked and retain their texture.

The recipe is quite simple and easy. The first step is to melt the butter, golden syrup, and sugar together. Once done add the oats and combine. Line this up on a baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. 

Variations to Irish Oat Flapjacks

One can add nuts and seeds of choice. Hazelnuts, almonds, sultanas, raisins, cranberries all go well. Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, flax seeds can be added as well. If you like some cocoa powder, whole chocolate chips can be added too. 

What is Golden Syrup

Golden syrup is a thick amber-colored form of sugar made by the process of refining sugar cane or sugar beet juice into sugar. (Source wiki)

Replacement of Golden Syrup

I understand that golden syrup might not be available to all. If you want to replace it one can do with honey or maple syrup. Molasses or treacle can be replaced too, however, it would have a strong flavor. 

Few more recipes with Oats

• Oats Chivda | Spicy Oats Trail Mix
• Sugarless Cacao Oats Breakfast Smoothie
• Oats and Dalia Idli (Oats and Broken Wheat Steamed Cakes)
• Oats Vegetable Chila (Savory PanCake)
• Savory 10 minutes Vegetable Oats Upma
• Apple Granola Overnight Oats
• Vegan Baked Oats and Vegetable Bites
• Buckwheat Oats Cookies (Eggless, GF, Nut-Free)
• Breakfast Spelt and Oats Muffins
• Eggless Oats and Dates Cookies
• Oats Energy Bites (No-cook, No-Bake, Processed Sugar-Free)

Irish Oat Flapjacks Recipe

Irish Oat Flapjacks

Chewy and buttery rich, these Irish Oat Flapjacks are easy to make breakfast bars or a post-workout snack, or a great finger or travel food.

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Course: Snacks

Cuisine: Irish

Keyword: Baked, Eggless Bakes, Gluten Free

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 10 bars

Author: Renu Agrawal-Dongre

Equipment

• 8 inches Square baking tray
• Heavy Bottom Pot
• Spatula or wooden spoon
• Oven
• Knife

Ingredients

• 1 Cup – 120 grams – Unsalted Butter
• 1 Cup – 200 grams – Light Brown Sugar
• 2.5 cup – 250 grams – Oats
• 2 tablespoon golden syrup
• ¼ Cup Mixed nuts and seeds – Optional – I have used a combination of Sultanas sunflower, and pumpkin seeds

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 150 Deg C.
• Line a square baking tray with parchment paper.
• In a heavy bottom pan and add in the butter, sugar and golden syrup.
  1 Cup – 120 grams – Unsalted Butter, 1 Cup – 200 grams – Light Brown Sugar, 2 tablespoon golden syrup
  
• On a low flame melt the butter, sugar, and golden syrup.
  
• When the butter starts melting, mix all the ingredients slowly using a wooden spoon or a spatula.
• Once the ingredients are all mixed together and you see it start bubbling, switch off.
• Add oats.
  2.5 cup – 250 grams – Oats
  
• Add nuts and seed mixture if, using.
  ¼ Cup Mixed nuts and seeds – Optional – I have used a combination of Sultanas
  
• Mix everything and pour the mixture on a baking tray.
• Spread the mixture and dab it with the back of the spoon to form a uniform layer or around 1 cm thickness.
  
• Bake it in a preheated oven for 40 minutes.
• Do check the flapjacks after 30 minutes. At times it is not done in 30 minutes and one needs to bake it a little longer.
• Once done, remove and let it cool for 5 minutes.
• Cut into the desired shape, when it is slightly warm.
• Now let it cool completely and store it in an air-tight container.

Notes

• Once the mixture is baked it might resemble that it is not holding together. It needs to be cooled down. Once cooled it should be in the shape.
• If you feel it has not attained shape at all, bake it for a little longer.

 

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