For our second activity, we have been using our Food Technology skills to design and make savoury Rudolf’s carrot flapjacks- the perfect activity for that last week before Christmas and a tasty treat to leave out for Father Christmas!
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Rudolf's Carrot Flapjacks
Ingredients
300g porridge oats
200g grated carrot
200g mature cheddar cheese
50g finely chopped sunflower or pumpkin seeds
50g finely chopped walnuts or cashews
4 tsp dried mixed herbs
200g butter
Method
- Preheat the oven to 170°C.
- Grease or line a 25x20cm tin.
- Weigh the ingredients. Take the opportunity to discuss the intervals on the scale and ask the children to work out where the dial needs to be for each ingredient.
- Pour the oats into a large mixing bowl.
- Grate in the cheese.
- Add the seeds, nuts and herbs and mix well. Explain that seeds are like baby plants and each seed has the potential to grow into a whole new plant in the right conditions.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over a low heat.
- Pour the melted butter into the bowl over the other ingredients and stir well.
- Spoon the mixture into the tin and press down firmly.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes until golden.
- While the flapjacks are still warm, cut them into 18 squares but leave them in the tin to cool completely.