Coconut Flapjacks (better tasting than they sound!)

Horray, Larissa came to visit me! We knew it wouldn't be right for the two Cuties to spend 3 days together and not get in the kitchen...SO, we made a few things. One of them was Coconut Flapjacks and as you can see by the blog title, they are much better tasting than they sound.

Recipe:

1 cup butter, plus extra for greasing

1 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp light corn syrup

3.5 cups rolled oats

1 cup dry unsweetened coconut (we used sweetened and they turned out really good)

1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Lightly grease a 12X9 inch pan with butter.

2. Heat the butter, brown sugar, and light corn syrup in a large pan over low heat until just melted.

3. Stir in the oats and shredded coconut and mis well until evenly combined.

4. Place the mixutre on the prepared pan. Spread evenly across the cookie sheet and level the surface by pressing with a spatula.

5. Bake the flapjack in a preheated oven at 325 degrees for about 30 minutes or until golden.

6. Meanwhile in a double boiler melt the chocolate chips, stirring constantly. When the flapjacks are done, pour the melted chocolate on top and spread evenly. (Or if you don't have a double boiler, you can improvise like me with a small skillet balancing on top of a saucepan, be careful!)

7. Let it fully cool for about 1-2 hours (you can cover it and put it in the refrigerator)

The best thing about these is that they are FAST! Besides the cooling part, they can be done and in the oven in a matter of seconds so they are good if you need a quick sweet treat, like I need a lot!

In my opinion these are much better than oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and beware, you will need milk when you eat these!

~~A~~