There's no better time to get baking than during the second coronavirus lockdown, and boy have we got just the recipe for you!
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If you love a good flapjack (who doesn't?), then you'll want to take a look at this delicious recipe from breakfast brand Lizi's, created by Miranda Gore Brown.
Topped with a decadent layer of milk chocolate and filled with nutty granola, apricots and honey, these teatime treats are sure to please the whole family.
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And did we mention how quick and easy they are to make? Keep reading to try it for yourself...
Milk Chocolate, Honey and Apricot Flapjacks
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients for chocolate flapjacks
- 100g butter (or margarine)
- 50g sugar (use brown or demerara if you have it)
- 2 tablespoons of honey (or golden / maple syrup)
- 300g of Lizi’s Original Granola
- Pinch of salt
- 75g chopped apricots and 50g sultanas (optional), or add a grated apple
- 50g milk chocolate chips or a roughly chopped chocolate bar
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INSTRUCTIONS
Instructions for chocolate flapjacks
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Step 2
Put the butter, sugar and honey into a saucepan and melt.
Step 3
Put the granola, apricots, and sultanas into a large bowl. Pour the melted butter and sugar mixture onto the dry ingredients and stir well to combine.
Step 4
Line a tin with non-stick baking paper.
Step 5
Scrape the mixture into the tin and press down gently with the back of a spoon.
Step 6
Put into the preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes.
Step 7
Lift carefully out of the oven and leave to cool completely in the tin.
Step 8
Melt the chocolate in short bursts in the microwave or a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water.
Step 9
Once the flapjack is completely cold, spread with the melted chocolate and pop in the fridge to set for about an hour before cutting into fingers.
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