Oat Fruit Slice
This old school style Oat Fruit Slice goes down brilliantly with your favourite tea or coffee so grab that book you've been meaning to read!
Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats (NOTE 1)
- 1 cup plain flour (NOTE 2)
- ½ cup desiccated coconut (NOTE 3)
- 1 cup mixed dried fruits (NOTE 4)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- large pinch of salt
- 100 gm unsalted butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C (390°F) or 180°C (360°F) for fan-forced ovens. Line and grease a 20cm (8 in) square tin with nonstick baking paper.
- In a large bowl add in flour, oats, dried fruits, coconut, baking powder and salt. Mix well to combine.
- In a small saucepan add in the butter, sugar and honey. Cook and stir on low to medium heat until the butter have melted and the sugar has completely dissolved. The mixture will look a little frothy.
- Make a well in the centre of the dried ingredients and carefully pour the hot mixture in, stir to combine making sure there are no dry bits remaining. The mixture should be quite sticky.
- Transfer the mixture into the prepared tin and use a spatula to flatten the mixture evenly. Bake for 20 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Leave to cool completely in the tin before cutting into slices. If the slice is stuck to the tin, carefully run a thin knife between the edges of the tin and the slice.
Notes
(NOTE 1) Rolled oats (Old fashioned oats) are steamed oat groats that have been lightly processed and flattened.
(NOTE 2) Plain flour is also known as ‘all-purpose’ flour, it has no leavening agent added.
(NOTE 3) Desiccated coconut is unsweetened dried coconut that has been shredded to a fine consistency.
(NOTE 4) Mixed dried fruits can consist of sultanas, currants, raisins, glace cherries, orange and lemon peel. If you can't get mixed dried fruit, you can mix your own or even use one variety of dried fruit such as sultanas.
Leftovers can be kept at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
A Third-Party Application calculated the calories and nutritional information, so this is an approximate guide only.
Cooking measurements are in Australian standard spoon and cup measurements.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 253kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 3gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 57mgPotassium: 95mgFiber: 2gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 214IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 32mgIron: 1mg