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2005-05-26 - 10:55 a.m.
"Mom says, can you make her something desert-y?"

Every now and then R. will want something sweet after diner. Since we don't eat a lot of sweet stuff, its usually up to me to concoct something.

Sometimes its a banana split with ice cream, melted chocolate and nuts.

Or Jello and whipped cream.

Last night, we were down practically nothing. No sweet stuff except a bag of sugar and some syrup.

Nothing even remotely resembling desert stuff except cereals. Rice Krispies and Oatmeal.

Oatmeal. Hmmm. I remembered something my mum used to make back in England when I was a kid. Flapjacks. Not the pancake things, something else.

I found a recipe on the net and made them:

Flapjacks recipe

Ingredients

4 oz (110 g) margarine
4 tbsp golden syrup (substitute light corn syrup)
1/3 cup (65 g) granulated sugar
8 oz (225 g) rolled oats
1/4 tsp salt

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 325�F (170�C) gas mark 3.
2. Put the margarine and syrup in a saucepan and heat gently until the margarine has melted.
3. Remove from the heat and stir in the sugar, oats and salt.
4. Mix until well blended.
5. Pour the mixture into a greased square shallow tin and cook in the oven for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.

6. Leave to cool in the tin for about 5 minutes, then cut into 12 bars.
7. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

...and they were awesome :)

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