Mmmm our delicious cranberry flapjacks are soft, chewy and covered with a white chocolate topping and sparkles! A super easy Christmas recipe
This is just the perfect Christmas traybake. The cranberries and white chocolate give it that festive vibe!
Our easy cranberry flapjacks are super simple to make. They’re great for taking along to parties, coffee mornings or popping in lunchboxes.
I make these so they’re gluten free so they’re a good festive bake when catering for gluten allergies.
Ingredients For Cranberry Flapjacks
You’ll just need a handful of ingredients to make our delicious cranberry and white chocolate flapjacks.
- 150g unsalted butter
- 50g soft brown sugar
- 2 tbs golden syrup
- 220g rolled oats – when I making these gluten free I usually use the supermarket own brand free-from range.
- 50g instant porridge – if making these gluten free I use ‘gluten free instant oats’
- 50g dried cranberries
- 100g white chocolate
- 2 tsp cake sprinkles – we use bronze glittery ones – but these are nice made with edible glitter or stars too
Equipment Needed
You’ll only need a handful of equipment to make our easy flapjacks recipe.
- Weighing scales
- Large saucepan
- Wooden spoon
- 20cm square baking tray
- Baking paper
- Smaller saucepan
- Glass or metal jug
- Dessert spoon
How To Make Cranberry Flapjacks
Our cranberry and white chocolate flapjacks are so easy to make!
- Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas mark 4
- Grease and line 20cm square tin with butter and baking paper, you don’t need to be neat here.
- Next add the butter, brown sugar and golden syrup to a large deep pan over a low heat on the hob. Stir everything together gently as it melts in the pan.
- Then add the rolled oats and instant porridge into the pan with the melted butter, syrup and sugar. Mix everything together well so that all the oats are entirely coated in the buttery syrup. Using a mix of instant porridge and rolled oats makes them lovely chewy flapjacks.
- Tip in the dried cranberries – and mix them into the syrupy oat mixture.
- Next tip the mixture into the baking tin and pat it all down tightly into the tin with the back of spoon.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Then remove from the oven and place the tin onto a wire cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
Top the cranberry flapjacks in white chocolate
- Melt the chocolate – do this by breaking the chocolate into chunks and putting it into a jug, stand the jug in a pan of boiling water and stir carefully until fully melted.
- Then tip the melted chocolate over the fruity flapjacks – spread with the back of spoon to cover all the oats.
- Sprinkle on the cake decorations or edible glitter
- Then put the cranberry flapjacks into the fridge for at least a couple of hours to set hard.
- Once the fruity flapjacks are hardened remove them from the fridge.
- Slice the cranberry flapjacks – lift the flapjacks out of the tin and place onto a chopping board then peel the paper away from the edges. Cut the flapjacks into 12 equal pieces.
Our cranberry flapjacks are just so pretty, especially with the sparkly cake sprinkles on the white chocolate topping.
They actually make a great edible Christmas gifts idea! Just package in a nice box, wrapped in tissue paper with ribbons.
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How To Store Cranberry Flapjacks
I store the sliced flapjacks in an airtight container in the fridge – they’ll last 3-4 days.
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Cranberry Flapjacks
Delicious and easy cranberry and white chocolate flapjacks - lovely festive bake!
Ingredients
- 150g unsalted butter
- 50g soft brown sugar
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 220g rolled oats
- 50g instant porridge
- 50g dried cranberries
- 100g white chocolate
- 2 tsp cake sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas mark 4
- Grease and line 20cm square tin with butter and baking paper, you don’t need to be neat here.
- Next add the butter, brown sugar and golden syrup to a large deep pan over a low heat on the hob. Stir everything together gently as it melts in the pan.
- Then add the rolled oats and instant porridge into the pan with the melted butter, syrup and sugar. Mix everything together well so that all the oats are entirely coated in the buttery syrup.
- Tip in the dried cranberries – and mix them into the syrupy oat mixture.
- Next tip the mixture into the baking tin and pat it all down tightly into the tin with the back of spoon.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Then remove from the oven and place the tin onto a wire cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
- Melt the chocolate – do this by breaking the chocolate into chunks and putting it into a jug, stand the jug in a pan of boiling water and stir carefully until fully melted.
- Then tip the melted chocolate over the flapjacks – spread with the back of spoon to cover all the oats.
- Sprinkle on the cake decorations or edible glitter
- Then put the flapjacks into the fridge for at least a couple of hours to set hard.
- Once the flapjacks are hardened remove them from the fridge.
- Slice the cranberry flapjacks – lift the flapjacks out of the tin and place onto a chopping board then peel the paper away from the edges. Cut the flapjacks into 12 equal pieces.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 250Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 17mgCarbohydrates: 28gFiber: 2gSugar: 14gProtein: 3g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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