Baking | Date Walnut Orange Flapjacks … sweet comfort food

“The oat is the Horatio Alger of cereals, which progressed, if not from rags to riches, at least from weed to health food.” Waverley Root Date Walnut Orange Flapjacks … squares of goodness that come together in minutes. Not sure why, but ever since I began making granola again {read every Sunday}, I’ve had flapjacks on my mind. It’s a very strange thought as it crept in without prior notice, and yesterday for some reason that’s all I wanted to bake. Every time I got up to bake cookies, I pulled out the bag of oats. Guess these were meant to be. And so was this naughtiness that crept into my frames…Little Bambi, our newest little family member who we adopted recently, had an absolute field day. She loves photobombing whenever I try and shoot. You might see here here on PAB now and then!What are flapjacks you might ask. Well  ‘a flapjack, muesli bar, cereal bar, or granola bar is a sweet tray-baked oat bar made from rolled oats, butter, brown sugar and golden syrup‘ and looks like this fits in quite well with my whole grain breakfast granola sort of a theme. I guess I could have just added some granola I made this morning into a bowl, tossed it in with some other stuff, pushed it together, let it set and made granola bars.But my granola is very precious these days. It’s much in demand in parfaits so I figured it would be a shame to use it so easily  cheaply. Then again the net is overflowing with recipes of flapjack and this recipe from Food52  won me over. The ease of the recipe, the beauty of ingredients, the pantry staples all made it seem so simple.Too simple I might add. You might have caught how easy these were to make on my instastories on my Instagram handle. In any case, this is the easiest ‘stir the wet mix into dry’ procedure. And it tasted drop dead delicious with ‘toffee’ good flavours, a sweetness which soothes the soul, and a load of oats, walnuts, sunflower seeds! Oh and a burst of orange flavour!Too much of a good thing and a new way to use quick cooking oats.Ever since I began using jumbo oats in my granola, the regular bag of quick cooking oats just sits and stares at me. No longer I guess. This is another fantastic way to use quick cooking oats . I adapted the recipe to use things that I had on hand so my flapjacks had walnuts and dates. Also the zest of an orange as it was just sitting on the counter and added freshness to the otherwise monochrome palette. Date Walnut Orange Flapjacks Yum Print Recipe Buttery & nutty with a burst of orange, sweetly comforting and quite indulgent, these Date Walnut Orange Flapjacks are going to be showing up quite often. A recipe minimally adapted from one @food52 , it comes together in a matter of minutes. Servings Prep Time 16 squares 5 minutes Cook Time 25 minutes Servings Prep Time 16 squares 5 minutes Cook Time 25 minutes Date Walnut Orange Flapjacks Yum Print Recipe Buttery & nutty with a burst of orange, sweetly comforting and quite indulgent, these Date Walnut Orange Flapjacks are going to be showing up quite often. A recipe minimally adapted from one @food52 , it comes together in a matter of minutes. Servings Prep Time 16 squares 5 minutes Cook Time 25 minutes Servings Prep Time 16 squares 5 minutes Cook Time 25 minutes Ingredients Wet mix 125 g unsalted butter 100 g brown sugar 90 g honey Dry Mix 200 g quick cooking oats 50 g dates chopped 50 g walnuts chopped 35 g sunflower seeds Zest of 1 orange Servings: squares Instructions Line a 8 X 8" square tin with parchment. Preheat the oven to 180C. Place the butter, brown sugar and honey in a heatproof bowl and microwave for a minute until the butter has melted. Whisk well until you get a toffee like mixture. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, add all the remaining ingredients and stir to mix. Pour over the toffee mixture and stir well to mix.Transfer to prepared tin, pat down into place with an offset spatula or butter knife. Bake for about 25-30 minutes until light golden brown on the edges but still soft in the centre. Cool completely before cutting into squares Share this Recipe Share this:EmailFacebookTumblrTwitterPrintGoogleRedditPinterestWhatsAppLinkedInLike this:Like Loading... Related bakingbarscookiesegglessfoodfruitgluten freegranolahealthyholiday bakingrecipevegetarianwholegrain Email Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ LinkedIn PreviousBaking | Mini Dark Chocolate Cheesecakes ... baking for someone you ♥Latest OneBaking | Date Walnut Orange Flapjacks ... sweet comfort food The Author Deeba @ PAB About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well. Leave A Comment Cancel reply Notify me of new posts by email. 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