Blackberry & Pecan Flapjacks

Flapjacks are such a versatile sweet treat, and you can have a lot of fun experimenting with different flavour combinations.

Growing your own ingredients makes any dish that much more rewarding, and if you’ve got blackberries ready to harvest – or you’re thinking of growing some – we’ve got just the recipe for you.

Deliciously sweet, buttery, and slightly tart, we’re big fans of these blackberry and pecan flapjacks.

Ingredients

200g butter

3 tbsp golden syrup

275g porridge oats

100g flour

100g caster sugar

100g brown sugar

100g pecans, roughly chopped

75g dates, chopped

Zest of one lemon

350g fresh blackberries

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C / 180°C fan.

Gently melt the butter and golden syrup in a large heavy based pan, then remove from the heat.

Add all the remaining ingredients, except the blackberries, and stir well until thoroughly combined.

Place a sheet of baking paper in a 20cm x 25cm shallow tin.

Place half of the flapjack mix in the tin and gently smooth the surface.

Sprinkle the blackberries evenly over the base layer.

Top with the remaining flapjack mix and smooth over as before.

Bake in the oven for approximately 50 minutes, or until golden in colour.

Allow to partially cool before cutting into squares.
Blackberry Karaka Black Fruit Plant (Floricane)

Blackberry Karaka Black Fruit Plant (Floricane)

£23.95
£23.95

Blackberry Karaka Black Fruit Plant (Floricane) brings an impressive summer harvest to the garden, producing exceptionally large, glossy black berries with excellent flavour. The firm fruits are lovely picked fresh and shared straight from the garden, with plenty left for freezing, baking and homemade preserves.

Originally bred in New Zealand, Karaka Black produces thorny, arching canes reaching around 2m, so give it a sturdy wire support where the growth can be trained neatly. It fruits on canes grown the previous year; after the harvest, simply remove those fruited canes at ground level and tie in the fresh growth ready for next season.

Grow in fertile, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil in a sunny position. Supplied as an established 2 litre potted plant to help it settle quickly into the garden.
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Heather McMahon

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