Ginger and coconut flapjacks - easy to make chewy oat bars flavoured with ginger and coconut. The perfect energy boosting sweet treat.
Sometimes the simplest bakes can be the most rewarding. Don't get me wrong, I love a challenging bake - one with hundreds of components that can take several days (and mountains of washing up) to complete.
But there are occasions when I just want something quick and simple and satisfying, where you can just throw all the ingredients together within five minutes and yet end up with something delicious to eat.
Flapjacks (British flapjacks that is, as in oat bars, not pancakes) fit that bill exactly. You just melt butter, sugar and golden syrup together in a pan, stir in oats and any extra flavourings/ingredients you want to throw in, spread the mixture out in a tin and bake for 20-30 minutes.
You end up with deliciously golden, chewy, filling energy bombs - these certainly aren't health food owing to the large amounts of sugar and butter involved.
But they do fill you up and give you a burst of energy which lasts quite a while due to an initial sugar rush, then the oats slow-release energy. This means they are the perfect snack to take hiking!
As much as I love a plain flapjack, I decided to try something a little different this time and flavoured them with desiccated coconut and two types of ginger - ground and stem.
Both flavours come through really well, but don't overpower the sweet, buttery taste of the flapjack itself. They are chewy on the bottom and crunchy on top - just as I like them; for a softer, chewy flapjack, simply bake them for a shorter amount of time, and a longer time for a crunchier one.
Make sure that you slice these ginger and coconut flapjacks into pieces while it is still warm, or you will find it difficult to cut, but leave it in the tin until it is completely cold else it may fall apart.
Make Them Vegan:
Flapjacks are incredibly easy to veganize - you simply have to swap the butter for a vegan variety or you can use coconut oil. Both work great!
If you like flapjacks then you will love my vegan fruit and nut flapjacks!
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Ginger and Coconut Flapjacks Recipe:
Ginger and Coconut Flapjacks
Ingredients
- 225 g (2 sticks) vegan block butter
- 225 g (1 cup + 2 tbsp) demerara sugar
- 75 g (3 oz) golden syrup
- 250 g (3 cups) porridge oats
- 50 g (⅔ cup) unsweetened dessicated coconut
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 3 balls stem ginger finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160°C/140°C fan/325°F/gas mark 3. Line a 20 x 30cm (8 x 12in) tin with greaseproof paper.
- Put the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a pan and heat gently until the butter has melted.
- Stir in the rest of the ingredients, scrape the mixture into the prepared tin, spread it out evenly and press down firmly.
- Bake for 20-35 minutes until golden brown, bake for a shorter amount of time for a softer, more chewy flapjack, and longer for a more crunchy one (I went for 30 minutes).
- Leave to cool for 10 minutes then cut into slices or squares while still in the tin.
- Leave in the tin until completely cold.
- Will keep for at least a week in an airtight container.
Christine
No flour or substitute?..it made the mixture runny and oily. I added flour. Turned out very nice thanks
Christine
Kate
This is delicious, I've made it half a dozen times now.
It doesn't need flour. The sugary goodness sets on refridgeration.
mary stewart
These are AMAZING, love all your recipes. I've made these at least 10 times now. Can omit the crystalized ginger if don't have any and add extra ginger powder. Also nice topped with dark chocolate!