Fruit, oat & seed bars

• light muscovado sugar↗140g g
• golden syrup↗
• butter↗140g g
• rolled oats↗250g g
• raisin↗85g g

  or sultanas

• walnut g

  pieces (or use your favourite nuts, roughly chopped)

• sesame↗50g g

  or mixed seeds

• dried cranberry↗25g g
• ready-to-eat apricot50g g

  finely chopped

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Gently heat the sugar, golden syrup and butter in a pan until the sugar and butter have both melted. Stir the oats, raisins, walnuts, seeds and cranberries into the pan until coated in the butter.

2. 2

   Spoon half the oaty mix into a traybake tin (23 x 23cm or thereabouts). Scatter the apricots over the top, then top with the remaining oat mix. Pack the mix down well and smooth with the back of a metal spoon. Bake for 35 mins or until dark golden. Leave to cool completely before cutting into 16 bars with a sharp knife.