Improve The Office Day & Smile Day
Today is improve the office day, but it’s also smile day, so what better excuse(s) do you need to bake some treats for work? Here’s a couple of recipes that are simple, taste good and are easy to transport x
Flapjacks
Ingredients
- 175g butter
- 175g golden syrup
- 175g muscovado sugar
- 350g porridge oats
- ½ lemon, finely grated zest
- pinch ground ginger
Method
- Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas 2 and line a 20cm/8in square baking tin with baking paper.
- Melt the butter in a medium pan over a low heat. Dip a brush in the butter and brush the baking tin with a little bit of it.
- Add the golden syrup and sugar to the butter and heat gently. Once the sugar is dissolved and the butter is melted, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the porridge oats, lemon zest and ginger.
- Pack the mixture into the baking tin and squash down. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
- Once cooked, remove from the oven, leave to cool for 15 minutes, then turn out on to a chopping board and cut into squares.
Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 375g self-raising flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 200g caster sugar
- 125ml vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 125ml milk
- 1tsp vanilla extract
- 300g blueberries, fresh or frozen
- granulated sugar, for sprinkling
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Place the flour, baking powder and sugar together. Sift together into a bowl.
3. Place the oil, egg, milk and vanilla in a separate bowl and whisk to combine. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Add the blueberries and mix to combine.4. Spoon mixture into a 12-hole 125ml capacity muffin tin lined with paper cases. Sprinkle the tops with sugar and bake for 30–35 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Remove from tin and cool on a wire rack.
We hope you enjoy baking these little treats, and with oats and blueberries, they must be healthy!
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