Spread a little happiness - make flapjacks!

When I went shopping on Tuesday I came home with a big stack of stuff, mainly meat, that had been either on offer or reduced but which really needed processing in some way before freezing. That meant that most of Wednesday was spent on my feet in the kitchen making pies, sausage rolls and cooking various other dishes. However, the previous night the cake box had become empty so I also needed to refill this. As you will know, I try to keep the cake box stocked so my husband can easily find himself something for afters. To add to the need, my husband was due to be working a long day Thursday (today) and needed to take with him all the food he would need to keep him going. This meant that whatever I made for the cake box also needed to be robust enough to go in a packed lunch/tea the following day.

So, to recap, I needed to make something quick, requiring very little effort and that could go in a lunch box. There really was only one answer - Honey and Vanilla Flapjacks. Dead simple to make, very tasty, always popular and hold together well. So I whipped up a batch of these in between meat processing.

That night, as we watched TV my husband didn't battle hard with will power and ate through 6 flapjacks! So agogged was I that I commented on this feat on my Facebook page. Instantly, several friends commented back wanting to know when they would get a taste! No luck for them, Steve took the remaining 6 flapjacks with him in his lunch box the next morning.

So with the cake box empty and friends disappointed I quickly made another batch of flapjacks and when I went to collect my girls from school later in the day I handed foil wrapped parcels of flapjacks to my friends. And you know what... it really brightened up their day, as did it mine!

Honey and Vanilla Flapjacks

4 oz (110g) butter
4 oz (110g) soft light brown sugar
1 dessert spoon of honey
A few drops of vanilla extract
6 oz (170g) oats

Preheat oven to 150°C (gas 3). In a large saucepan, gently melt the butter with the sugar, honey and vanilla. Add the oats and stir thoroughly until evenly coated. Grease a small baking tray and spoon the mixture onto it. Spread out and press down with wetted fingers. Bake for 25 minutes until gold. Cut into flapjacks whilst still hot then allow it to cool in the tin.