Simple Recipe For Fruit Flapjacks (Tasty Lunch Box Filler)

Give your kids a sweet and wholesome treat with this easy recipe for fruit flapjacks.

Our irresistible fruit flapjack recipe combines sticky, sweet juicy plump raisins with the heartiness of steel-cut oats.

These tasty treats are perfect for filling lunchboxes or as an after school snack and are unbelievably easy to bake. (they also go great with a coffee for you to enjoy too!)

This fruity flapjack recipe is a favourite for breakfast too!

Making Our Fruit Flapjacks Recipe Is A Good Thing, Here's Why!

Probably Healthier Than The Shop Bought Type! When you make fruit flapjacks at home you’re in control over what you put into them.

Low Cost – Fruit Flapjacks are a low cost bake. You can double up the recipe and cook them in large batches, and they cost less than store-bought snacks.

You Can Add In Extra Ingredients – because you’re making these at home you can throw in any extra ingredients you fancy. You could even drizzle them with chocolate...

Good For Kids To Make – this is a great recipe for getting kids involved in the kitchen helping out with the cooking.

Fruit Flapjacks Recipe

Makes – 12 flapjacks

Prep Time – 10 minutes 

Cook Time – 15 minutes

Total Time – around 25 minutes

Our Most Popular Alternative – Blueberry Flapjacks

Equipment Needed

• Large saucepan 

• Tablespoon 

• Wooden spoon 

• Weighing scales 

• 20cm square baking tray 

• Greaseproof paper – to line the tray

Ingredients For Fruit Flapjacks 

You’ll just need six simple ingredients to make a tray of yummy fruity flapjacks

• Butter - unsalted is best

• Soft brown sugar 

• Golden syrup - this gives the flapjacks that lovely toffee flavour

• Rolled oats – I usually use Quaker rolled oats 

• Ready Brek – or any other instant oats

• Raisins - you can use sultanas or a dried fruit mix

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How To Make Fruit Flapjacks 

Here’s the instructions for how to make a tray of our fruit flapjacks recipe – simple and delicious

Step One – Preheat the oven and line the baking tray

• Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 4 - get our super handy oven temperature conversion chart here (with printable you can pop in your kitchen)

• Grease and line the 20cm cake tin with butter and baking paper – no need to be super neat, just grease the bottom and sides of the tin with butter and push the the paper in. 

Step Two – Mix together the fruit flapjacks ingredients 

• Add the butter, brown sugar and golden syrup to a large pan over a low heat on the hob. Stir the ingredients gently with a wooden spoon to melt everything together in the pan. 

• Then tip in the rolled oats, raisins and instant porridge into the pan with the melted butter, syrup and sugar. Give everything a good mix together with a wooden spoon so that all the ingredients are totally coated in the buttery syrup.

Step Three – Get the golden syrup flapjacks ready to bake 

• Tip the flapjack mixture into the lined baking tin and press it tightly into the tin using the back of a spoon.

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Step Four – Bake the fruit flapjacks

• 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 down totally.

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Step Five – Cut the fruit flapjacks 

• Lift the fruity flapjacks from the tray and place onto a chopping board and cut into 12 pieces. You can keep the flapjacks in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4-5 days.

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How Long Will Homemade Fruit Flapjacks Last?

Keep these fruit flapjacks in the fridge in an airtight container, and they'll last up to 4-5 days. Although they'll probably all be eaten way before then!

Are Fruit Flapjacks Healthy?

Well, in terms of containing nutritious oats and dried fruit, they're good. Although you do need to keep in mind overall sugar and fat intake - theses flapjacks are great as part of a balanced diet.

What Seeds Can You Put in Flapjacks?

You can add a couple of tablespoons of seeds to the flapjack mixture if you wish. Try adding a seed snack mix, pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds. You can also add in some nuts, try chopped hazelnuts or flaked almonds. You could also add a pinch of cinnamon too.

Can You Use Frozen Fruit to Make Fruit Flapjacks?

We don't recommend using frozen fruit, it tends to make the flapjacks soggy.

What Fruit Can You Put in Flapjacks?

You can put any dried fruit you like in flapjacks - try sultanas, chopped dried apricots, cranberries or even fresh blueberries (grab our blueberry flapjacks recipe here)

How Do I Stop My Flapjacks Falling Apart?

The key to a GREAT flapjack is to add in some instant porridge, this gives the flapjack a more cake-y texture with just the right chewiness, which doesn't crumble and fall apart in the same way as flapjacks made just using steel cut oats.

Should I Cut Flapjack Hot Or Cold?

Cutting flapjacks after they're completely cool (or preferably chilled in the fridge) is the best option. The flapjacks cut more cleanly and don't tend to fall apart or crumble.

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