My flapjacks are too hard and chewy. According to DS2. How do I make soft, squishy ones?

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Mine are not as nice as Hobnob ones, apparently

They do always seem to come out a bit..robust. Does anyone make lovely soft squidgy ones? And can I have the recipe?

I think you might just be cooking them a bit too long.

Add condensed milk....game changer

Anyone have a recipe they'd like to share?

Porridge Oats (just the plain cheap type, not large ones), 500g
Butter, 300g
Golden Syrup (in a green and gold tin), 4 serving spoons
Unsweetended condensed milk, half a tin
Demerera sugar, 340g

You'll also need an oven, a saucepan, some baking parchment and a large
baking tin or a couple of small ones.

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees celcius, you may need to search the web to find a conversion to gas mark (1-9) which many ovens are in.
2. Line the baking tin with baking parchment, this doesn't have to be neat.
3. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat.
4. Add the sugar and syrup. Keep heating and stirring until all is melted and mixed. Don't rush by turning the heat up, the sugar will start to caramelise etc. If it starts to boil take it off the heat!
5. Add the condensed milk and mix.
6. Gradually add the oats, folding them in. All the oats should be coated, and the mixture quite dense, but still sticky. Don't add so many oats that the mixture becomes dry.
7. Pour the mixture into the tins and spread about so that it lines the tin to a depth of 2-3cm. Fill as many tins as necessary! Don't squash the mixture in, just spread it evenly.
8. Bake in the oven for ~15mins. If using top and middle shelves swap half way through so they cook evenly.
9. You should take them out when they just start to go brown round the edges, don't leave longer than this. If they're still squidgy in the middle that's fine, they set on cooking

https://www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/recipedirectory/m/mirandaagardinerssflapjack.html

I think I got this recipe from Mumsnet in the first place, but have seen it in several other places since.

Oh great! Thanks :) Condensed milk

I have the same problem
Thanks for the recipes.

Ooh lovely. Thanks for the recipes.

Soupdragon's recipe on MN are the best squishy flapjacks. Here's an old thread with them www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baking/1560388-Flapjack-recipe-please

I like the idea of making Soupdragon's flapjacks

This is so timely as I was going to mke Nigella’s today but put it off til tomorrow. According to a poster on the linked thread they are not good. I will definitely be using the condensed milk recipe.

My DD makes amazing flapjacks. She swears the difference between soft and squidgy vs hard and crunchy is 2 mins in the oven.