This is a lovely way to use up those plums that you bought in the hope that they would be chin drippingly delicious but turn out to be tooth breakingly hard. It’s a sweet treat so you probably shouldn’t eat it all in one sitting…
100g (4oz) butter
100g (4oz) demerara sugar
1 generous tablespoon of golden syrup
150g (6oz) rolled oats
50g (2oz) flaked almonds
3-4 plums, stoned and sliced
Lightly grease a round pie dish or cake tin, mine measures 23cm but you could use one that measures 20cm and have a deeper flapjack.
Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a medium-sized pan over a medium heat. Take off the heat and add the oats and the flaked almonds. Stir well to combine. Spread three-quarters of the mixture in the bottom of the pie dish. Lay the plums over this in a single layer. Spoon the remaining oat mixture over, leaving some of the plums exposed. Press the mixture down well with the back of a spoon.
Place in a preheated oven at 180°c, gas mark 4 or the centre of the baking oven of the Aga for 20-25 minutes until golden. Mark it into sections as soon as you take it out of the oven otherwise it is difficult to slice when cold. Leave to go completely cold before removing it from the dish.
Reading this recipe early in the morning makes me think that this confection might be delightful for breakfast! Yum.
Ooh yes, but it is quite sweet so maybe a little less sugar for a breakfast bar.
I would never have thought to use plums in a flapjack recipe. We love both flapjacks and plums and your photograph has sold this one to me. Delicious.
Thanks Maggie.
Plums always seem to be a bit of a lottery don’t they? I keep putting them next to the bananas to see if that helps them along a bit! Nice looking flapjack though! xCathy
I think sometimes you just have to give up and bake them.
Looks tasty!
Thank you Denise.
Hi Kath, Plums and almonds make a great a pairing. I enjoy learning our different expressions. What you call flapjacks, we call crisps. Flapjacks, in parts of the States, are pancakes!
Flapjacks/ pancakes/ crisps! You Americans! 😉
How lovely – I’ve never thought to use fresh fruit in a flapjack but I will now!
Glad to have inspired.
Why is it those plums are always so disappointing? Nice use for them.