Cherry and coconut flapjacks

This is a super easy recipe and great for a rainy Sunday afternoon! Change the amount of cherries, almond, and coconut to suit your taste. Play around with the ingredients and let me know how they turn out! :)

INGREDIENTS

400g rolled oats

225g butter

125g light brown sugar

50g caster sugar

200g glacier cherries chopped into quarters

125g golden syrup

75g dessicated coconut

1 tsp almond extract (optional)

50g white chocolate (optional)

METHOD

Step 1] Preheat oven to 170C fan.

Step 2] Melt the butter, sugars, and syrup in a large saucepan over a low heat. Stir continuously until all the butter has melted and sugar dissolved.

Step 3] Remove from the heat. Stir in the oats, coconut and cherries. Add the almond extract here if desired.

Step 5] Press the mixture into a lined 9 x 9 tin and bake for around 35 minutes, until golden around the edges. Note that if you do not have a 9 x 9 tin you can use a different one, but your cooking time might change.

Step 6] Leave to cool in the tin before removing and slicing into squares. This is important as otherwise the flapjacks will crumble!

Step 7] Optional: Decorate with melted white chocolate.