I was given a few bags of oats that have short dates on them. We no longer eat breakfast and so I can’t use them in porridge. I then remembered a chocolate tray bake that my Aunty used to bake when I was young. I think it was the early 70s.
I don’t make this recipe a lot as it uses 250g of butter. However, I have a lot of butter in the freezer as I made some with reduced cream after Easter, and it was selling for £1 a block at Farmfoods. We therefore stocked up to save money later. I am not a big fan of flapjack but like this as it is half flour and half oats which gives this bake a nice texture.
Ingredients
250g butter, melted
175g oats
175g self raising flour
140g sugar
15g cocoa
A handful of mixed seeds (optional)
100g bar of chocolate (optional)
Method
Mix all the ingredients, except the bar of cocolate, together, until well combined.
Place in a greased tin. Mine was 8″ by 10″ but I remember my Aunty used a Swiss Roll tin.
Bake in the oven at 175⁰C for about 20 minutes.
Let it cool completely before removing from the tin. Decorate with drizzled chocolate if desired.
I used Aldi chocolate as they are reduced to 59p at the moment. It would be fine plain with out a topping.. My Aunty used to cover it with icing made from icing sugar, cocoa and water, but that would be too sweet for me now. I guess that one would need about 200g of chocolate to cover the whole thing. As I wasn’t totally covering my traybake with chocolate, I marked out the squares whilst the chocolate oat tray bake was still warm.
This recipe is so easy to make and you can adapt and decorate it however you like. I have put chopped nuts in it before. The seeds are added so that I can tell myself that it is healthy. 😇 Do you remember this recipe from the 1970s?
Definitely going to try this. I have just thrown some oats out because they were over two years out of date but I,ll add some to my shop so I can make this. Thanks again for your. Recepie.
Brilliant. No worries
Could you use margarine instead of butter? Thanks
You can but I don’t think that is will taste quite as nice
Looks nice and I’ll give it a try, thanks.
Brilliant. I hope that you like it.
Thank you for this recipe Toni ideal for pack ups .. just getting my
Ingredients ready 😉
Brilliant. Thanks for commenting.
I wonder if an oil, perhaps coconut or a light veg would work to make it vegan? I will have a try!
Let me know hoow it works out. It might change the taste. Maybe a vegan marg, also. Some pureed apple or pumpkin sometimes works in these kinds of recipe too, but a bit of experimenting would need to be done for quantities. Hope it works out.
I have just made this and it’s great. I think that I will add some chocolate chips to it next time for a bit of luxury.
Why not? I guess that is why some people smother in chocolate. I had some with mint custard for a dessert last night 😁
I haven’t come across this before. It sounds delicious and so easy. I often make regular flapjacks so this will make a nice change. Thank you for sharing.
It is a cross between a flap jack and that chocolate concrete that we used to have at school. Thanks for commenting
Just taken this out of the Oven I have been promising to bake it ever since you posted it. Got to have something to look forward to, because it’s Football all night long! Thank you Toni. X
Bless you. I am lucky as Mr S doesn’t watch it.