nigella's breakfast bars - something has gone horribly wrong

[Cappuccino]

ok so I used the recipe here and I substituted banana chips for the nuts as dd1's school has a nut ban

and they burnt. Like, straight away. I thought the oven temp was high so I had it down quite a bit from the recipe but still black in minutes

and it didn't seem like there was enough condensed milk

so now I have some very crumbly falling apart (nice-tasting) oats underneath a crust of black

come on

what went wrong

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no it's not there

mind you some of those are scary

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I made them. Hang on a tick.

was your banana chips covered in honey or sugar glaze? could it be that?

IIRC my kids didn't like them.

They fell apart too (the bars, not the kids.)

also rofl at '750g sugar snap peas should read 75g'

no it wasn't the banana chips - the whole top was just burnt obv the oven was too high

and I seemed to have a hell of a lot of oats for the amount of condensed milk

strange I have made them every week for a month now and the receipe is fine although you must make sure the condensed milk is spreak very well as otherwise it will go crumbly in some place and not in others.

Migt be the suggar/oil coating on the chips thats causing the burning?

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I will be v if I can't make them work - they sound so fab and I am getting a bit at the sheer amount of sugar and butter and syrup needed for flapjacks

Me too Capp

how hot should the oven be?

cos this recipe says 250 degrees that can't be right

I have a fan oven (I had adjusted the temperature as usual, everything else works) so it doesn't matter whereabouts they go in terms of shelves

I think that the recipe online that you linked to is a US recipe (it uses cups as a measurement). If so, then the oven temperature would be in fahrenheit rather than celsius... which would make a big difference.

250 fahrenheit = 120 celsius

i wonder if it has to be that damp shredded coconut? might that keep them moister for longer? and are you sure the thermostat on your cooker is working? mine is fully ten degrees out, although cooler.

i think the peanuts make them horrible. but apart from that they're great.

there is NO WAY anything could survive an hour in a 250 deg oven and not come out blackened. that has to be a mistake. good one, nige.

oooh Ellbell

it would

anyone actually got the book with the real recipe in

and no my oven is fine [huff]

My book to compare

1 x 397 can condensed milk
250g rolled oats (not instant)
75g shredded coconut
100g dried cranberries
125g mixed seeds (pumpkin,sunflower,sesame)
125g natural unsalted peanuts

preheat oven to 130C and oil a 23 x 33 x 4cm baking tin

Warm condensed milk in large pan.

Meanwhile, mix together all the other ingredients and then add the warmed milk, using a rubber or wooden spatula to fold and distribute.

Spread the mixture into the tin and press down with the spatula.... to even the surface

Bake for 1 hour, then remove from oven and after about 15 minutes, cut into four across and four down to make 16 chunky bars. Let cool completely.

nab thank you thank you

[doh] at oven feck-up

There was a link somewhere for all the errors in her cook books.....

Oooh, can I have a wear of the MN deerstalker? Can I? Can I? (Even though my detective work is limited to problem-solving in the kitchen, and not major troll-catching or name-changer identification...) Please?

Hope they come out yummy next time Capp. (I think they sound nice...)

I missed out comments in method that weren't necessary btw.

lol at littlelapin. She also seems to put an inordinate amount of salt in her bread.