Lyle's Chocolate Chip and Orange Flapjacks

Lyle's Chocolate Chip and Orange Flapjacks

YIELDS

25

PREP TIME

25 minutes

COOK TIME

30-35 minutes

INGREDIENTS

  • 295g (10½ oz) unsalted butter
  • 150g (5oz) Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Dark Soft Brown Cane Sugar
  • 110g (4oz) Lyle's Golden Syrup
  • 500g (1lb 2oz) Mornflake organic oats
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 medium oranges, zested
  • 3 tbsp orange juice
  • 110g (4oz) dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces
  • Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Icing Sugar, to dust
  • Cocoa, to dust

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. You will also need a 20cm (8”) shallow square loose-bottomed tin, greased and lined with parchment paper.
  2. Combine the butter, Tate & Lyle Dark Soft Brown Sugar and Lyle’s Golden Syrup in a large non-stick saucepan and heat gently until melted. Remove from the heat and stir in the oats and salt.
  3. Tip into a bowl, add the orange zest and juice and then leave to cool completely.
  4. Preheat the oven to 180°C/Fan 160°, 350°F, Gas 4.
  5. Stir in the chocolate and spoon the mixture into the tin, level and press firmly with a palette knife to smooth. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 30-35 minutes or until golden.
  6. Remove, leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes and then mark into pieces whilst still warm. Cool, lift out onto a board, discard the parchment and cut into squares with a sharp knife. Place on a cooling rack. Lightly dust with the Tate & Lyle Icing Sugar and cocoa and serve.