Following the success of my Cherry Bakewell Cookies (Thanks everyone for your fantastic feedback!) I decided to have a potter in the kitchen again. Just last night, Mr C was feeling like some flapjacks (but obviously we didn’t have any). I’m so pleased with these flapjacks with their cherry bakewell nod. I just can’t help keep putting cherries and marzipan into everything!
Easy to make – Just remember to score the portions as soon as the flapjacks come out of the oven and then WAIT until they are fully cooled before tucking in. These are a chewy flapjack – I much prefer chewy ones to crunchy flapjacks.
CHEWY CHERRY BAKEWELL FLAPJACKS
| Serves | 20 |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 35 minutes |
| Total time | 50 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Cold |
INGREDIENTS
- 300g Butter
- 300g Soft Brown Sugar (Either dark or light brown sugar is fine as long as it is soft)
- 400g Porridge Oats (I used small porridge oat flakes)
- 4 tablespoons Golden Syrup
- 220g Glace Cherries (Chopped into quarters)
- 200g Marzipan (Chopped into small cubes)
- 1 teaspoon Almond Extract
- 50g Flaked Almonds
NOTE
I got 20 individual flapjacks out of these. They were quite big portions though so if you like smaller, try cutting into 25.
DIRECTIONS
| Cherry Bakewell Flapjacks | |
| 1. | |
| Preheat the oven to 160C and line a 9″ square (or 10″ round) baking tin/cake tin – I use my silicone tray which I find works best for flapjacks with baking parchment | |
| 2. | |
| Melt the butter and sugar in a pan for approx 5 minutes- do not allow to boil. Add the syrup and heat on a low heat for another couple of minutes | |
| 3. | |
| Remove the pan from the heat and leave to cool for a couple of minutes, then add the flaked almond, almond extract and oats. Stir through until combined | |
| 4. | |
| Add the cherries and add the marzipan a few squares at a time in batches. Stir through after adding each batch of marzipan as you don’t want it to stick together in clumps. | |
| 5. | |
| Add to the silicone tray or cake tin and press down gently until even | |
| 6. | |
| Bake for 30-35 minutes. As soon as you get the flapjacks out of the oven (warning – they will be bubbling and very soft) score portions using a blunt kitchen knife | |
| 7. | |
| Allow to cool fully before eating | |
The good news is that all 3 girls love them – plus Mr C is very pleased that he got his flapjacks as requested! The bad news is, there’s not many left!
Ooooo I love these.. I like chewy over crunchy too but as you know, everything ends up crunchy here ha ha xx
These look incredible. I have started baking more lately and have really enjoyed it. I will add these to my list to try soon, thanks for sharing
I haven’t had a flapjack in ages so this has given me a bit of a hankering x
Hands up I love flapjack it is such a delicious treat and I love the idea of making chewy cherry bakewell flavour this might just have to be my next try!
This would be a ideal cookie to have if one was hosting a big Super Bowl party!! Looks easy enough to make and you get a lot of cookies in return!
oooooh I am loving the Bakewell flavours again Helen and they must work so well in a flapjack. I could eat these and your cookies very easily.
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Oh gosh, all of my favourite flavours in my favourite cake. I love flapjacks, they’re just so goes and tasty!
cherries and marzipan is literally the best flavour combo ever. These sound delicious
I love Cherry and in flapjack form is even better – so count me in, these look yummy x
Any kind of cherry dessert is good with me and I love flapjacks – they remind me of being a kid.
These look great. I like the combination of cherry in them, bet they taste amazing
Ooh how delicious! I love anything cherry and flapjacks are a great little treat 🙂
Wow these look amazing! I love how easy they are to make and super healthy! I will have to try to make these for a road trip!
Anything cherry bakewell inspired is great with us and this looks really easy to make with children. This would be great to make over the half term -thanks for sharing x
Yum yum love flapjack but my hubby is the flap jack maker in our house so I will Print this recipes for him
Oh looks a very yummy dessert. Uhmm will my kids love it if I will cook for me? Lol I wouldn’t know if I will not try. Hope the outcome will be great. Thanks for sharing.
Isn’t this the perfect healthy treat recipe, Helen?! I love such easy and finger-licking desserts. What kind of golden syrup do you use, homemade or store-bought?
Just found this site, how lovely to read all the comments on many different recipes
Oh my word. I love cherry bakewell and these are the nuts!! So chewy and gooey. They’ll def be going in my recipe book ?