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Recipe: Chocolate Flapjacks - Recette: Flapjacks au Chocolat

Submitted by Nathalie on Friday, 13 February 2009No Comment

Flapjacks are the kind of sweet treat that I like to have when coming back from the gym and Nicolas loves to have some when he comes back from running or cycling because it gives an energy boost and is quite filling. Besides, it’s really easy and quick to prepare, especially if you don’t coat them with chocolate…

Chocolate Flapjacks

Makes 12-14 flapjacks - Ready in 30 minutes + 30 minutes of cooling

Ingredients

  • 250g porridge oats
  • 250g unsalted butter (you can easily reduce this quantity down to 150g if you want the flapjacks to be lighter)
  • 200g golden syrup
  • 100g flour
  • 100g sugar
  • 120g dried fruits (I used a mix of raisins and dried cranberries)
  • 60g nuts (I used whole almonds cut in half)
  • 150g chocolate for coating (white, milk or dark as you like)

Preparation

The preparation will take between 5 and 10 minutes so you should pre-heat the oven to 180°C/gas 4 right from the beginning.

Put the butter, golden syrup and sugar in a saucepan on a slow heat for about 5 minutes until it’s completely melted, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, mix together in a large bowl the oats, flour, dried fruits and nuts. You can choose any kind of dried fruits (raisins, cranberries, apricots, prunes, figs…) and nuts (almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts…) and should adjust the quantities according to your taste. I personally like when flapjacks are loaded with fruits but it may not be to everyone’s taste.

Raisins, dried cranberries & almonds Ingredients Oats, flour and dried fruits mix

When the butter-sugar mixture is starting to foam, turn the heat off and pour into the oats and dried fruits. Stir well.

Pour into a square cake tin (23 x 23 cm) and bake for 25-30 minutes. The tin should be buttered or lined with baking paper or in silicon.

Take the flapjacks out of the oven and leave to cool for 5 minutes in the tin. Then turn it out of the tin and leave to cool for 20 to 30 minutes on a rack.
Once the cake is harder and cooler, you can cut in 12 or 14 small bars.

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Break the chocolate in pieces and put in small pan or heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water until melted.

This is where the tricky part comes. The objective is to coat the flapjacks with chocolate. You can either dip them completely in the melted chocolate or dip only a part of it. It’s your choice. As this week is Chocolate Week, I’ve chosen to coat them with white and milk chocolate.

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Enjoy!

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Flapjacks au Chocolat

Pour 12-14 flapjacks - Prêt en 30 minutes + 30 minutes de refroidissement

Ingrédients

  • 250g flocons d’avoine
  • 250g beurre (vous pouvez facilement réduire la quantité de beurre jusqu’à 150g si vous les voulez plus légers)
  • 200g golden syrup ou mélasse (vous trouverez du golden syrup dans le rayon britannique de votre supermarché - ce produit est désormais largement disponible en France)
  • 100g farine
  • 100g sucre
  • 120g fruits secs (j’ai utilisé des raisins et des cranberries mais vous pouvez choisir des abricots, figues, pruneaux…)
  • 60g amandes entières coupées en deux (vous pouvez également utiliser des noix ou des noisettes)
  • 150g chocolat (noir, lait ou blanc selon vos goûts)

Préparation

Préchauffez le four à 180°C.

Faites fondre à feu doux le beurre avec le sucre et le golden syrup.
Pendant ce temps, mélangez les flocons d’avoine, la farine, les fruits secs et les amandes.
Lorsque le mélange beurre-sucre commence à mousser, éteignez le feu et versez dans les flocons d’avoine. Mélangez bien.

Versez le tout dans un moule carré (23 x 23 cm) préalablement beurré ou couvert d’une feuille de papier cuisson (sauf s’il est en silicone). Faites cuire 25-30 minutes.
Laissez le gâteau refroidir 5 minutes dans le moule puis démoulez-le délicatement sur une grille. Laissez durcir et refroidir environ 20 minutes.

Une fois refroidi, vous pouvez le couper 12 ou 14 petites barres.
Cassez le chocolat en morceaux. Faites le fondre au bain-marie en remuant très régulièrement.
Plongez chacune des barres dans le chocolat - entièrement ou partiellement, comme vous le souhaitez.

Bon Appétit !

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